dóttir

See also: dottir and -dóttir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtœʰtːɪɹ/

Noun

dóttir f (genitive singular dóttur, plural døtur)

1. daughter

Declension

f30	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dóttir	dóttirin	døtur	døturnar
accusative	dóttur	dóttrina	døtur	døturnar
dative	dóttur	dóttrini	døtrum	døtrnum
genitive	dóttur	dótturinnar	døtra	døtranna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtou̯ʰtɪr]

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• Rhymes: -ouhtɪr

Noun

dóttir f (genitive singular dóttur or (proscribed) dóttir, nominative plural dætur)

1. daughter

Declension

Declension of dóttir (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dóttir	dóttirin	dætur	dæturnar
accusative	dóttur, dóttir1	dótturina, dóttirina1	dætur	dæturnar
dative	dóttur, dóttir1	dótturinni, dóttirinni1	dætrum	dætrunum
genitive	dóttur, dóttir1	dótturinnar, dóttirinnar1	dætra	dætranna

¹Proscribed.

Derived terms

• bróðurdóttir
• dótturdóttir
• dóttursonur
• -sdóttir, -dóttir
• sonardóttir
• stjúpdóttir
• systurdóttir
• tengdadóttir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter /⁠dohtēr⁠/) (compare the attested plural form ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriʀ)), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr. Compare Old Saxon dohtar, Old English dohtor, Old High German tohter.

Noun

dóttir f (genitive dóttur, dative dǿtr, dóttur, plural dǿtr)

1. daughter
   • 13th century, Eiríks saga rauða, chapter 4:

     […] far þú nú heil ok vel, dóttir.

     […] fare thee now hale and well, daughter.

Declension

Declension of dóttir (strong r-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dóttir	dóttirin	dǿtr	dǿtrnar
accusative	dóttur	dótturina	dǿtr	dǿtrnar
dative	dóttur, dǿtr	dótturinni, dǿtrinni	dǿtrum	dǿtrunum
genitive	dóttur	dótturinnar	dǿtra	dǿtranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: dóttir
• Faroese: dóttir
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dotter
• Elfdalian: duotter
• Old Swedish: dōttir, (Dalian law) doctir
  • Swedish: dotter
• Danish: datter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: datter