Where does “daughter” come from?

Daughter comes from Middle English doughter, Old English dohtor, Proto-West Germanic dohter, Proto-Germanic duhtēr, and Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root dʰewgʰ-.

daughter (English): One’s female offspring; A female descendant; A...

Definitions

  1. One’s female offspring; A female descendant; A...

Ancestry of “daughter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdoghterA daughter; one's female offspring
2Old Englishdohtordaughter
3Proto-West Germanicdohterdaughter
4Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Words derived from “daughter”

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