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

1. daughter
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þǣre ilcan nihte wes Ēadwine[s] dohtor ācenned.

     And on that same night Edwin's daughter was born.

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...

     Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	dohtor	dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
accusative	dohtor	dohtor, dohtra, dohtru
genitive	dohtor	dohtra
dative	dehter	dohtrum

Descendants

• Middle English: doughter
  • English: daughter
    • Australian Kriol: doda
  • Scots: dochter, daiter (rare, Orkney), daowter, dowter, dather (obsolete), dauchter, dother, douchter
  • Yola: doughtere, daughtere