Where does “daughtering” come from?
daughtering (English) comes from English daughter, from Middle English doghter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic dohter, from Proto-Germanic duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
daughtering (English): The action of behaving dutifully as a daughter;...
Definitions
- The action of behaving dutifully as a daughter;...
Ancestry of “daughtering”, step by step
daughtering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English daughter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daughter | One’s female offspring; A female descendant; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | doghter | A daughter; one's female offspring |
| 3 | Old English | dohtor | daughter |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dohter | daughter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | duhtēr | daughter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰugh₂tḗr | daughter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewgʰ- | to produce, to produce something useful; to be... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |