dohtor

Old English

Alternative forms
  • dohter, dochtor, dæhter, dohtur

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Germanic cognates: Old Saxon dohtar, Old High German tohter (German Tochter), Old Dutch dohter (Dutch dochter), Old Norse dóttir (Danish datter, Swedish dotter), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭‎ (dugədar), Gaulish duxtir, Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Lithuanian duktė̃, Proto-Slavic *dъťi (Old Church Slavonic дъщи (dŭšti), Russian дочь (dočʹ)), Tocharian A ckācar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdohtor/, [ˈdoxtor]

Noun

dōhtor f

  1. daughter

Declension
Declension of dohtor
Case Singular Plural
nominative dohtor dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
accusative dohtor dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
genitive dohtor dohtra
dative dehter dohtrum

Descendants
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