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The word "daughter" in Modern English can be traced back to Proto-Indo-European, a language spoken over 4,000 years ago. The Old English word for daughter was "dohtr," which eventually evolved into Proto-Germanic "dohtr" and then Proto-Indo-European "doħeter." Many modern languages still have similar words for daughter, such as Sanskrit "doħitāraĝ," Greek "sigatera," Lithuanian "dukti," and Armenian "duhtr." In Germanic and Scandinavian languages, the word remained similar, like Old Norse "duhtir," Icelandic "duhtir," German "tohtr," Dutch "duhtr," and Swedish "duhtir." Welcome to Bite-Sized Etymology with Linguistery. This time we're talking about the word daughter. Modern English's daughter can trace its roots all the way back to what's called Proto-Indo-European, the great-grandmother of Germanic, Hellenic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, and Slavic languages. This Proto-language was spoken over 4,000 years ago. Modern English's daughter comes from the Old English word dohtr. Notice how we still pronounce that 40H sound here. Keep an eye on that. Following the lineage, we then arrive at Proto-Germanic dohtr. And then, eventually, we arrive at the Proto-Indo-European doħeter. Many modern languages' term for daughter can still be traced directly back to Proto-Indo-European, with some natural changes occurring along the way. Let's take a look. The Sanskrit adaptation doħitāraĝ led to Greeks sigatera, Lithuanians dukti, and Armenians duhtr. Now to look at the modern Germanic and Scandinavian counterparts, Old Norse duhtir actually didn't change much and is the same word in Icelandic today. German has tohtr, Dutch has duhtr, and Swedish has duhtir. Thanks for watching! Welcome to Bite-sized Etymology with Linguistery. This time, we're talking about the word daughter.