Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dohter

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.

Noun edit

*dohter f

daughter

Inflection edit

R-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dohter
Genitive	*dohtur
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dohter	*dohtar
Accusative	*dohtar	*dohtar
Genitive	*dohtur	*dohtrō
Dative	*duhtri	*dohtrum
Instrumental	*duhtri	*dohtrum

Descendants edit

Old English: dohtor, dohtur; dohter; dochtor, dæhter
- Middle English: doughter
  - English: daughter
    - Kriol: doda
  - Scots: dochter
  - Yola: doughtere, daughtere
Old Frisian: dochter
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: doochter
  Sylt: Daachter
- Saterland Frisian: Dochter
- West Frisian: dochter
Old Saxon: dohtar
- Middle Low German: dochter
  - German Low German: Dochter
Old Dutch: dohter
- Middle Dutch: dochter
  - Dutch: dochter
    - Afrikaans: dogter
    - Jersey Dutch: doxter
    - Negerhollands: dochter, dogter
    - Petjo: dohter
  - Limburgish: dóchter
Old High German: tohter
- Middle High German: tohter
  - Alemannic German: Tochter
    Italian Walser: techter, töchter, tachter
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: tochtar, toustar, tochtar
    Mòcheno: tochter
    Udinese: tochter, touchter, toachtar
  - Central Franconian:
    Kölsch: Dochter
  - German: Tochter
  - Luxembourgish: Duechter
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Dochder
  - Vilamovian: tohter
  - Yiddish: טאָכטער (tokhter)