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Where does “dohter” come from?

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

dohter (Proto-West Germanic): daughter

Definitions

  1. daughter

Ancestry of “dohter”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dohter”

  • daughter
  • granddaughter
  • daughterly
  • daughterhood
  • daughterboard
  • daughtercard
  • daughterling
  • daughtership
  • daughtered
  • stepgranddaughter
  • undaughterly
  • daughtering
  • daughterliness
  • daughterlike
  • daughterness
  • merdaughter
  • daughterfucker
  • bedaughtered
  • Königstochter
  • Schwiegertochter
  • Tochter
  • doughter
  • dohtor
  • tohter
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