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Gothic: D

dauhtar

daughter Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English daughter

English and Gothic have a plain d where Greek has th, for the old breathy dh lost its breath in Germanic. The gh in daughter was once a rough sound, still heard in German Tochter.

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daur

door, gate Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English door

The old breathy dh became d in English and Gothic, f in Latin and th in Greek. Latin forēs is plural, "the doors."

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