daughter
English
/ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɔ.tɚ/, /ˈdɑ.tɚ/, /ˈdɑ.tɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One’s female offspring.
- A female descendant.
- A daughter language.
- (physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
- (syntax) A descendant.
- (by extension) A female character of a creator.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English doughter inherited from Old English dohtor (daughter) inherited from *dohter inherited from Proto-Germanic *duhtēr (daughter) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (daughter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰugh₂tḗr
Gloss
daughter
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
娘
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- King's Daughters English
- board English
- card English
- daughter-in-law English
- daughter-out-law English
- daughterboard English
- daughtercard English
- daughtered English
- daughterfucker English
- daughterhood English
- daughtering English
- daughterless English
- daughterlessness English
- daughterlike English
- daughterliness English
- daughterling English
- daughterly English
- daughterness English
- daughtership English
- fucker English
- god English
- goddaughter English
- granddaughter English
- granddaughter-in-law English
- great-granddaughter English
- king English
- merdaughter English
- stepdaughter English
- stepgranddaughter English
- undaughterly English
- Bauerntochter German
- Königstochter German
- Schwiegertochter German
- Stieftochter German
- Tochter German
- Tochtermann German
- Tochtersprache German
- Ziehtochter German
- θυγάτηρ Ancient Greek
- *dʰugh₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- datter Norwegian Bokmål
- datterselskap Norwegian Bokmål
- stedatter Norwegian Bokmål
- svigerdatter Norwegian Bokmål
- tenåringsdatter Norwegian Bokmål
- *duhtēr Proto-Germanic
- broþordohtor Old English
- dohtor Old English
- dohtorsunu Old English
- steopdohtor Old English
- sa, duhitar Sanskrit
- दुहितृ Sanskrit
- धयति Sanskrit
- doughter Middle English
- doughterles Middle English
- doughters Middle English
- douȝter in lawe Middle English
- goddoghter Middle English
- stepdoughter Middle English
- dóttir Old Norse
- *dъťi Proto-Slavic
- *dъ̏ťi Proto-Slavic
- दुख़्तर Hindi
- دختر Persian
- دخترباز Persian
- دختربچه Persian
- dohter Old High German
- tohter Old High German
- ielasmeita Latvian
- mazmeita Latvian
- meita Latvian
- meitasdēls Latvian
- meitasmeita Latvian
- meitene Latvian
- meitenīte Latvian
- դուստր Old Armenian
- దుహిత Telugu
- tohter Middle High German
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- טאָכטער Yiddish
- *dohter gmw-pro
- dohter Old Dutch
- ঝীয়া Assamese
- meid Middle Low German
- duhitar Pali
- *dʰugʰdʰā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dʰuǰʰitr- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dʰúǰʰitā, dʰugʰdʰā, *dʰugʰdʰā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- dohtar Old Saxon
- tachter Alemannic German
- techter Alemannic German
- töchter Alemannic German
- *fuɣtrei Proto-Italic
- dochter Scots
- *dʰúźʰitā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- dochter Old Frisian
- dot Northern Kurdish
- 𑀥𑀽𑀆 Maharastri Prakrit
- *duktē Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *duktḗ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *dugdā Proto-Iranian
- tochter Mòcheno
- Dochder Pennsylvania German
- *𐎯𐎧𐏂𐎡 Old Persian
- *tʰugatēr Proto-Hellenic
- *tʰúgatēr Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭 Avestan
- čhu Kalasha
- tochter Bavarian
- ᛞᛟᚺᛏᚱᛁᛉ Proto-Norse
- *täkā́cër, *täkācër Proto-Tocharian
- ધી Kachchi
- ژور Khowar
- doda Kriol
- 𐨢𐨁𐨡 Gandhari
- 𒁺𒌓𒋻𒊑𒄿𒀀𒋾𒅖 Luwian
- 𔐱𔕬𔗬𔑰𔖱 Luwian
- 𐊋𐊂𐊀𐊗𐊕𐊀 Lycian
- god
- king
- card
- board
- fucker
- daughterly
- daughtered
- goddaughter
- merdaughter
- daughtering
- daughterless
- undaughterly
- daughtercard
- daughtership
- daughterness
- daughterhood
- daughterling
- stepdaughter
- daughterlike
- granddaughter
- daughterboard
- daughterliness
- daughterfucker
- daughter-in-law
- daughter-out-law
- King's Daughters
- daughterlessness
- stepgranddaughter
- great-granddaughter
- granddaughter-in-law