Where does “dohtorsunu” come from?

dohtorsunu (Old English) comes 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...

dohtorsunu (Old English): grandson (lit., "daughter's son", specifically the son of one's daughter)

Definitions

  1. grandson (lit., "daughter's son", specifically the son of one's daughter)

Ancestry of “dohtorsunu”, step by step

dohtorsunu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English dohtor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdohtordaughter
2Proto-West Germanicdohterdaughter
3Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

via Old English sunu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsunuson, male child
2Proto-West Germanicsunuson
3Proto-Germanicsunuzson
4Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic duhtēr →