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Where does “dochter” come from?

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

dochter (Old Frisian): daughter

Definitions

  1. daughter

Ancestry of “dochter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*dohter—
2Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Words derived from “dochter”

  • dochter
  • Dochter
  • doochter
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