dohtor

== Old English == === Alternative forms === dohtur — Mercian dohter — Northumbrian dochtor, dæhter === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dohter. Cognate with German Tochter and Dutch dochter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdox.tor/ === Noun === dohtor f daughter Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Usage notes ==== The genitive singular dehter is occasionally found, presumably by analogy with the consonant stems. In late Old English, dohtres is also seen, reflecting the beginnings of the spread of the a-stem genitive singular ending -es, although doghter is still frequent in Middle English besides doghtres. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: doghterEnglish: daughterAustralian Kriol: dodaOttawa Valley: doghterWest Riding: dowterScots: dochter, daiter (rare, Orkney), daowter, dowter, dather (obsolete), dauchter, dother, douchterYola: doughtere, daughtere ==== References ====