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Kinship terms

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-07 21:59

Why doesn't 'son' end in -er like other close kinship terms?

Name: Anonymous 2008-09-08 9:37

No particular reason, just a coincidence, at least if you look at the etymologies:

Son ← Old English sunu ← Proto-Germanic *sunuz ← Proto-Indo-European *sunu-/*sunyu-, from root *su- "to give birth"

Father ← OE fæder ← PG *fader ← PIE *p@ter, presumably from baby-speak sound like pa

Mother ← OE modor ← PG *mothær ← PIE *mater-

Daughter ← OE dohtor ← PG *dochter, earlier *dhukter ← PIE *dhugheter

Source: http://www.etymonline.com/

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