Where does “Tochtersprache” come from?

Tochtersprache (German) comes from German Tochter, from Middle High German tohter, from Old High German tohter, from Proto-Germanic duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Tochtersprache (German): daughter language

Definitions

  1. daughter language

Ancestry of “Tochtersprache”, step by step

Tochtersprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tochter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTochterdaughter; subsidiary
2Middle High Germantohterdaughter
3Old High Germantohterdaughter
4Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic duhtēr →
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