Schwester
Central Franconian
/ˈʃʋɛstʌ/
noun
Definitions
- sister
- nun
- nurse
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German swester inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister) derived from German Schwester (sister).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schwester
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
- Glaubensschwester German
- Kinderschwester German
- Krankenschwester German
- Milchschwester German
- Mutterschwester German
- Ordensschwester German
- Schwester German
- Schwesterchen German
- Schwestergruppe German
- Schwesterherz German
- Schwestermodell German
- Schwestersprache German
- Stiefschwester German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersschwester German
- Zwillingsschwester German
- schwesterlich German
- bloedzuster Dutch, Flemish
- kloosterzuster Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzuster Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- zuster Dutch, Flemish
- zusterliefde Dutch, Flemish
- zustermoord Dutch, Flemish
- zusterpartij Dutch, Flemish
- zusterschap Dutch, Flemish
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sistren Middle English
- systir Old Norse
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suster Indonesian
- suster Middle Dutch
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- suster Afrikaans
- swëster Middle High German
- Schwëster Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- שוועסטער Yiddish
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- süster Middle Low German
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swestar Old Saxon
- Schwöschter Alemannic German
- schweschter Alemannic German
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- swester Old Frisian
- susa Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Schweschder Pennsylvania German
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- szwestra Silesian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- хор Yagnobi