Where does “doktern” come from?

doktern (German) comes from German Doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

doktern (German): to make dilettantish healing efforts, either privately or as a quacksalver

Definitions

  1. to make dilettantish healing efforts, either privately or as a quacksalver

Ancestry of “doktern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDoktordoctor
2Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “doktern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin doctor →
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