sweostor
Old English
noun
Definitions
- sister
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swésōr
Gloss
sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sister English
- soror Latin
- Schwester German
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- søster Norwegian Bokmål
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- syster Norwegian Nynorsk
- søster Norwegian Nynorsk
- gesweostor Old English
- sunu Old English
- sweostorsunu Old English
- swustor Old English
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- *zister Middle English
- sister Middle English
- sistren Middle English
- suster Middle English
- suster-in-lawe Middle English
- susterhede Middle English
- sustren Middle English
- sustres Middle English
- fǫðursystir Old Norse
- systir Old Norse
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- systir Icelandic
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- systir Faroese
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- süster Middle Low German
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- giswestar Old Saxon
- swestar Old Saxon
- systir Old Swedish
- söster Westrobothnian
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- sister Scots
- suster Western Frisian
- swester Old Frisian
- Suster Saterland Frisian
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- systær Old Danish
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- zister Yola
- хор Yagnobi