Where does “dohtar” come from?

dohtar (Old Saxon) comes 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...

dohtar (Old Saxon): daughter

Definitions

  1. daughter

Ancestry of “dohtar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdohterdaughter
2Proto-Germanicduhtērdaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic duhtēr →