deirfiúr
Irish (Donegal)
/dʲɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/, /dʲɾʲəˈfʲuːɾˠ/, /dʲɛɾʲəˈfˠuːɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɾʲauhəɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɾʲauɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɾʲɛhuːɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲəɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəhuːɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəfʲaɾˠ/
noun
Definitions
- sister
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish derbṡiur, derb (certain, fixed, sure, determinate) + Old Irish siur (sister)derived from Proto-Celtic *swesūr 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
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sistren Middle English
- dearbh Irish
- deirfiúirín Irish
- siúr Irish
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- քոյր Old Armenian
- derb Old Irish
- derbsiur Old Irish
- derbṡiur Old Irish
- fiur Old Irish
- sinsersiur Old Irish
- siur Old Irish
- dearbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jarroo Manx
- shuyr Manx
- *derwos Proto-Celtic
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *hwehir Proto-Brythonic
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- хор Yagnobi