daughter language

English

Etymology

Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache.

Noun

daughter language (plural daughter languages)

(linguistics) A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
Synonym: daughter

Coordinate terms: parent language, sister language

English is a daughter language of Old English.

French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are daughter languages of Latin.

Translations

language which genetically descends from earlier, parent language

Armenian: դուստր լեզու (dustr lezu)
Bulgarian: дъщерен език m (dǎšteren ezik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 派生語言／派生语言
Dutch: dochtertaal (nl) f
Finnish: tytärkieli
French: langue fille (fr) f
German: Tochtersprache (de) f
Hungarian: utódnyelv, leánynyelv (hu)
Limburgish: dochtertaol
Persian: زبان دختر
Polish: język wywodzący się z innego m
Russian: дочерний язык m (dočernij jazyk)
Swedish: dotterspråk (sv) n
Turkish: yavru dil

Further reading

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