Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duhtēr
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *dʰuktḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdux.tɛːr/
Noun
*duhtēr f
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *duhtēr | *duhtriz |
| vocative | *duhter | *duhtriz |
| accusative | *duhterų | *duhtrunz |
| genitive | *duhturz | *duhtrǫ̂ |
| dative | *duhtri | *duhtrumaz |
| instrumental | *duhtrē | *duhtrumiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dohter
- Old English: dohtor, dohtur — Mercian, dohter — Northumbrian, dochtor, dæhter
- Old Frisian: dochter
- Old Saxon: dohtar
- Old Dutch: dohtar, dohter
- Old High German: tohter
- Proto-Norse: ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ pl (dohtriʀ), *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 (dauhtar)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*duhter-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 107