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Where does “*dohter” come from?

*dohter (Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Ancestry of “*dohter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
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