𐀶𐀏𐀳

Mycenaean Greek

FWOTD – 13 April 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tʰugatēr, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. Cognate with Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr).

Noun

𐀶𐀏𐀳 (tu-ka-te /tʰugatēr/) f

1. daughter

Declension

• 𐀶𐀏𐀳𐀩 sg (tu-ka-te-re /⁠tʰugateres⁠/, gen.)
• 𐀶𐀏𐀲𐀯 pl (tu-ka-ta-si /⁠tʰuga[tarsi]⁠/, dat.)

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θυγάτηρ, -τρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561