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singular form,
which then
allowed it to be
umlauted to a form that
resulted in
dehter. A few
hundred years after i-umlaut began,
another similar change called...
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dohtor dohtor, -ru, -ra
Genitive fædera mōdra (ġe)brōþra (ġe)sweostra
dohtra Dative fæderum mēder mōdrum brēþer (ġe)brōþrum (ġe)sweostrum
dehter dohtrum...
- /ɔːf/, RP /ɒf/ /eɪ/ PG *duhter,
duhtriz > OE
dohter > "daughter", plur.
dehter "daughters"; PG *trugaz > OE trog > "trough"; PG *bugǫ̂ > OE boga > "bow"...
- *brukanaz >
brocen "broken"; *duhter,
duhtriz >
dohter "daughter", plur.
dehter "daughters" +hV,hr,hl h-loss ū ȳ *uhumistaz > ȳmest "highest" (*ē >) *ā...
