Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dohter

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duhtēr.

Noun

*dohter f

daughter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: dohtor, dohter, dochtor, dæhter, dohtur
- Middle English: doughter
  - English: daughter
  - Scots: dochter
Old Frisian: dochter
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: doochter
  Sylt: Daachter
- Saterland Frisian: Dochter
- West Frisian: dochter
Old Saxon: dohtar
- Middle Low German: dochter
  - German Low German: Dochter
Old Dutch: dohter
- Middle Dutch: dochter
  - Dutch: dochter
    - Afrikaans: dogter
  - Limburgish: dóchter
Old High German: tohter
- 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)