sestra
Czech
/ˈsɛstra/
noun
Definitions
- sister sibling
- nurse caring for the sick
- nun, sister
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sestra inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *s(w)esō inherited 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
- сестра Russian
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- siostra Polish
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sistren Middle English
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- sestřenka Czech
- sestra Serbo-Croatian
- сестра Serbo-Croatian
- քոյր Old Armenian
- сестра Bulgarian
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- сестра Macedonian
- сестра Ukrainian
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sestra Slovak
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- sestra Slovene
- сестра Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- сестра Old East Slavic
- sotša Lower Sorbian
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sotra Upper Sorbian
- sostra Kashubian
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- хор Yagnobi