- θυγάτηρ
- θυγάτηρ, -τρός add.Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `daughter' (Il.).Other forms: on the inflection Schwyzer 568)Dialectal forms: Myc. tukate, tukatereCompounds: rarely, late as 1. member, e. g. θυγατρο-ποιία `adoption of a daughter' (Kos, Rhodos).Derivatives: Diminut. θυγάτριον (Com., pap.); θυγατριδοῦς, Ion. -δέος m. `daughtersson, grandson', θυγατριδῆ f. `daughersdaughter, grand-daughter' (IA), also θυγατερεΐς f. (Magnesia; after the patronymica in -ίς); θυγατρίζω `call daughter' (Kom.; cf. Schwyzer 731 n. 1).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [277] *dʰugh₂-ter- `daughter'Etymology: Old word for `daughter', preseved in most IE languages: Skt. duhitár- (nom. duhitā́; accent of θυγάτηρ after the voc. θύγατερ = dúhitar?), Av. dugdar-, Arm. dustr, Osc. futír, Germ., e. g. NHG Tochter, Lith. duktẽ, OCS dъšti, Toch. B tkācer, A ckācar, Lyc. kbatre \< *tbatra, IE *dhugh₂tér-; s. Schwyzer 293. Original meaning prob. "the (potential) suckler" (to Skt. duhé med. `suckle'), s. Duchesne-Guillemin Le Muséon 59, 571ff. ; -ter after the words for `father, mother, brother', s. πατήρ, μήτηρ, φράτηρ. See Pok. 277 and the relevant dict..Page in Frisk: 1,690
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