dóttir
See also: dottir and -dóttir
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriz), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtœʰtːɪɹ/
Noun
dóttir f (genitive singular dóttur, plural døtur)
- daughter
Declension
| Declension of dóttir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (dohtriz, “daughters”), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtou.ʰtɪr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ouhtɪr
Noun
dóttir f (genitive singular dóttur, nominative plural dætur)
- daughter
Declension
declension of dóttir
| dóttir | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dóttir | dóttirin | dætur | dæturnar |
| accusative | dóttur | dótturina | dætur | dæturnar |
| dative | dóttur | dótturinni | dætrum | dætrunum |
| genitive | dóttur | dótturinnar | dætra | dætranna |
Derived terms
- bróðurdóttir
- dótturdóttir
- dóttursonur
- -sdóttir, -dóttir
- sonardóttir
- stjúpdóttir
- systurdóttir
- tengdadóttir
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ (dohtriz, “daughters”), 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)
- daughter
Declension
Declension of dóttir (strong r-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | dóttir | dóttirin | dœtr | dœtrnar |
| accusative | dóttur | dótturina | dœtr | dœtrnar |
| dative | dóttur, dœtr | dótturinni, dœtrinni | dœtrum | dœtrunum |
| genitive | dóttur | dótturinnar | dœtra | dœtranna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: dóttir
- Faroese: dóttir
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: datter
- Nynorsk: dotter
- Old Swedish: dōttir
- Swedish: dotter
- Elfdalian: duotter
- Danish: datter