Old English · noun
dohtor
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈdox.tor/
- Syllables
- ˈdox · tor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- daughter
Meaning
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daughter
⁊ þǣre ilcan nihte wes Ēadwine[s] dohtor ācenned.
And on that same night Edwin's daughter was born.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dohter. Cognate with German Tochter and Dutch dochter.
Descendants
daughter
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