tohter
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German docter. Doublet of doktor.
Noun
tohter (genitive tohtri, partitive tohtrit)
Declension
| Declension of tohter (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tohter | tohtrid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | tohtri | ||
| genitive | tohtrite | ||
| partitive | tohtrit | tohtreid | |
| illative | tohtrisse | tohtritesse tohtreisse | |
| inessive | tohtris | tohtrites tohtreis | |
| elative | tohtrist | tohtritest tohtreist | |
| allative | tohtrile | tohtritele tohtreile | |
| adessive | tohtril | tohtritel tohtreil | |
| ablative | tohtrilt | tohtritelt tohtreilt | |
| translative | tohtriks | tohtriteks tohtreiks | |
| terminative | tohtrini | tohtriteni | |
| essive | tohtrina | tohtritena | |
| abessive | tohtrita | tohtriteta | |
| comitative | tohtriga | tohtritega | |
Synonyms
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German tohter. Compare Middle Low German dochter, Middle Dutch dochter, Middle English doughter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtɔxtər/
Noun
tohter f
Usage notes
The old consonant stems muoter and remain uninflected in the singular. In the plural they have umlaut: müeter, töhter.
Declension
Descendants
- Alemannic German: Tochter
- Bavarian:
- Central Franconian:
- Kölsch: Dochter
- German: Tochter
- Luxembourgish: Duechter
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Dochder
- Vilamovian: tohter
- Yiddish: טאָכטער (tokhter)
- → Piedmontese: tota
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dohter. Compare Old Saxon dohtar, Old English dohtor, Old Norse dóttir.
Noun
tohter f
Descendants
- Middle High German: tohter
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German tohter.
Noun
tohter f (plural tohtyn)
Related terms
- tehtela (diminutive of tohter)