Proto-Indo-European Roots

Proto-Indo-European Roots

Root/Stem: *dhugh@tér-

Meanings: a daughter

Cognates:

Hellenic Greek thugatér (a daughter)

Italic

Celtic Gaulish duxtir (a daughter), Old Irish der- (in composite names)

Indic Sanskrit duhitá-, duhitar- (a daughter)

Dardic & Nuristani Khowar zhur (a daughter), Prasun lušt (a daughter)

Iranian Avestan dug@dar- (a daughter),
Persian duxtar, duxt

Anatolian

Tocharian Tocharian A ckacar, Tocharian B tkac'er (a daughter)

Armenian dustr (a daughter), gen. dster

Germanic Common Germanic *doxtir (a daughter), >
Gothic dauhtar, Old English & Old Saxon dohtor, Runic Scandianvian dohtriR (nom. pl.), Old Icelandic dóttir, Old High German tohter, Old Frisian dochter
Swedish dotter, German Tochter, Scots dochter

Baltic Lithuanian dukte. (a daughter), Old Prussian duckti, Sudovian dukté

Slavic Common Slavic *dütjí (a daughter), >
Ukrainian doch, Old Church Slavonic düshti, Serbo-Croatian kchi, Bulgarian d@scher'a, Slovene hc'i, hc'erka, Old Czech dci, Czech & Slovak dcera, Polish cora, Russian doch'

Notes: The etymology of this word seems rather dark, unlike that of the previous ones: 'father, mother, sister'. It is the last in the series shaped by the suffix -er and therefore belonging to r-stem nouns.
A few branches replaced this stem by another one, for instance Italic and Celtic, again for unknown reasons.
The unstressed vowel of the second syllable is the Indo-European 'schwa' which was dropped in Armenian, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, and Iranian languages.

*Root/Stem:*	*dhugh@tér-

*Meanings:*	a daughter

*Cognates:*
Hellenic	Greek *thugatér* (a daughter)
Italic
Celtic	Gaulish *duxtir* (a daughter), Old Irish *der-* (in composite names)
Indic	Sanskrit *duhitá-, duhitar-* (a daughter)
Dardic & Nuristani	Khowar *zhur* (a daughter), Prasun *lušt* (a daughter)
Iranian	Avestan *dug@dar-* (a daughter), Persian *duxtar, duxt*
Anatolian
Tocharian	Tocharian A *ckacar, Tocharian B tkac'er* (a daughter)
	Armenian *dustr* (a daughter), gen. *dster*
Germanic	Common Germanic doxtir (a daughter), > Gothic dauhtar, Old English & Old Saxon dohtor, Runic Scandianvian dohtriR* (nom. pl.), Old Icelandic *dóttir, Old High German tohter, Old Frisian dochter* Swedish *dotter, German Tochter, Scots dochter*
Baltic	Lithuanian *dukte.* (a daughter), Old Prussian *duckti, Sudovian dukté*
Slavic	Common Slavic dütjí (a daughter), > Ukrainian doch, Old Church Slavonic düshti, Serbo-Croatian kchi, Bulgarian d@scher'a, Slovene hc'i, hc'erka, Old Czech dci, Czech & Slovak dcera, Polish cora, Russian doch'*

Notes:	The etymology of this word seems rather dark, unlike that of the previous ones: 'father, mother, sister'. It is the last in the series shaped by the suffix *-er* and therefore belonging to r-stem nouns. A few branches replaced this stem by another one, for instance Italic and Celtic, again for unknown reasons. The unstressed vowel of the second syllable is the Indo-European 'schwa' which was dropped in Armenian, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, and Iranian languages.