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dotter.

a daughter

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²dɔtɛr/[ˈdɔtːˌtər]

  1. a daughter

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr Proto-Germanic *duhtēr Proto-Norse *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter /⁠dohtēr⁠/) Old Norse dóttir Old Swedish dōttir Swedish dotter Inherited from Old Swedish dōttir, from Old Norse dóttir, from Proto-Norse *ᛞᛟᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*dohter /⁠dohtēr⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr.

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