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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dochter, from Old Dutch dohter, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔx.tər/
- Hyphenation: doch‧ter
Noun
dochter f (plural dochters, diminutive dochtertje n)
- daughter (female offspring)
- (figurative) offshoot, something derivative or subordinate
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch dohter, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter.
Noun
dochter f
- daughter
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dohter.
Noun
dochter f
- daughter
Inflection
Descendants
Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English doughter, from Old English dohtor, from Proto-West Germanic *dohter, from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.
Pronunciation
Noun
dochter (plural dochters)
- daughter
References
- “dochter, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “dochter, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- Graham, John J (1979) “dochter”, in The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, →ISBN, retrieved 23 May 2024
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian dochter.
Pronunciation
Noun
dochter c (plural dochters, diminutive dochterke)
- daughter
- Coordinate term: soan
Further reading
- “dochter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011