broþordohtor

Old English

Etymology

From brōþor (“brother”) +‎ dohtor (“daughter”). Compare Icelandic bróðurdóttir and Swedish brorsdotter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbroː.θorˌdox.tor/, [ˈbroː.ðorˌdox.tor]

Noun

brōþordohtor f

fraternal niece

Declension

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Related terms

brōþorsunu (“fraternal nephew”)
sweostorsunu (“sororal nephew”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “brōþordohtor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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