tohter

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German docter. Doublet of doktor.

Noun

tohter (genitive tohtri, partitive tohtrit)

1. (colloquial) doctor, healer

Declension

Declension of tohter (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tohter	tohtrid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tohtri
genitive			tohtrite
partitive		tohtrit	tohtreid
illative		tohtrisse	tohtritesse tohtreisse
inessive		tohtris	tohtrites tohtreis
elative		tohtrist	tohtritest tohtreist
allative		tohtrile	tohtritele tohtreile
adessive		tohtril	tohtritel tohtreil
ablative		tohtrilt	tohtritelt tohtreilt
translative		tohtriks	tohtriteks tohtreiks
terminative		tohtrini	tohtriteni
essive		tohtrina	tohtritena
abessive		tohtrita	tohtriteta
comitative		tohtriga	tohtritega

Synonyms

• arst
• doktor
• ravitseja

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German tohter. Compare Middle Low German dochter, Middle Dutch dochter, Middle English doughter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈtoxtər/

Noun

tohter f

1. daughter

Usage notes

The old consonant stems muoter and tohter remain uninflected in the singular. In the plural they have umlaut: müeter, töhter.

Declension

Declension of tohter (strong feminine in -r)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	tohter	die	töhter
genitive	einer	dër	tohter	dër	töhter
dative	einer	dër	tohter	dën	töhtern
accusative	eine	die	tohter	die	töhter

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Tochter

  Italian Walser: techter, töchter, tachter

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: tochtar, toustar, tochtar

  Mòcheno: tochter

  Udinese: tochter, touchter, toachtar

• Central Franconian:

  Kölsch: Dochter

• German: Tochter
• Luxembourgish: Duechter
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: Dochder

• Vilamovian: tohter
• Yiddish: טאָכטער (tokhter)
• → Piedmontese: tota

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dohter. Compare Old Saxon dohtar, Old English dohtor, Old Norse dóttir.

Noun

tohter f

1. daughter

Descendants

• Middle High German: tohter
  • Alemannic German: Tochter

    Italian Walser: techter, töchter, tachter

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: tochtar, toustar, tochtar

    Mòcheno: tochter

    Udinese: tochter, touchter, toachtar

  • Central Franconian:

    Kölsch: Dochter

  • German: Tochter
  • Luxembourgish: Duechter
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Dochder

  • Vilamovian: tohter
  • Yiddish: טאָכטער (tokhter)
  • → Piedmontese: tota

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German tohter.

Noun

tohter f (plural tohtyn)

1. daughter

Related terms

• tehtela (diminutive of tohter)