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Sanskrit: D

दुहितृ

duhitṛ

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.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion

धा

dhā

put, place; make Drafted; not yet checked.

Relatives of English do

The old breathy dh became d in English, t in German (tun) and th in Greek (tithēmi). Sanskrit kept dh.

Drafted; not yet checked. Play Family Reunion