dohtor

Old English

Alternative forms

• dohter, dochtor, dæhter, dohtur

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.

Germanic cognates: Old Saxon dohtar, Old High German tohter (German Tochter), Old Dutch dohter (Dutch dochter), Old Norse dóttir (Danish datter, Swedish dotter), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭 (dugədar), Gaulish duxtir, Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Lithuanian duktė̃, Proto-Slavic *dъťi (Old Church Slavonic дъщи (dŭšti), Russian дочь (dočʹ)), Tocharian A ckācar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdox.tor/

Noun

dohtor f

1. daughter

Declension

Declension of dohtor

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dohtor	dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
accusative	dohtor	dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
genitive	dohtor	dohtra
dative	dehter	dohtrum

Descendants

• Middle English: doughter
  • English: daughter
    • Australian Kriol: doda
  • Scots: dochter, daiter (rare, Orkney); daowter, dowter; dather (obsolete); dauchter, dother, douchter
  • Yola: doughtere, daughtere