systir
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- sister
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ derived 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
- co-sister English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- stepsister English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- soror Latin
- Schwester German
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- halvsøster Norwegian Bokmål
- lillesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- stesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- storesøster Norwegian Bokmål
- svigersøster Norwegian Bokmål
- søster Norwegian Bokmål
- søsterskip Norwegian Bokmål
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- syster Swedish
- シスター Japanese
- farsyster Norwegian Nynorsk
- farsøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- faster Norwegian Nynorsk
- halvsøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- stesøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- styksyster Norwegian Nynorsk
- styksøster Norwegian Nynorsk
- syster Norwegian Nynorsk
- systerskip Norwegian Nynorsk
- søster Norwegian Nynorsk
- søsterskip Norwegian Nynorsk
- gesweostor Old English
- sweostor 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
- farsöster Old Norse
- faðir Old Norse
- fǫðursystir Old Norse
- faster Danish
- søster Danish
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- föðursystir Icelandic
- hálfsystir Icelandic
- móðursystir Icelandic
- systir Icelandic
- systurdóttir Icelandic
- systursonur Icelandic
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- systir Faroese
- systursonur Faroese
- swëster Middle High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- שוועסטער Yiddish
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- 絲打 Chinese
- süster Middle Low German
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- giswestar Old Saxon
- swestar Old Saxon
- Schwöschter Alemannic German
- schweschter Alemannic German
- faþur systir Old Swedish
- systir Old Swedish
- 시스터 Korean
- söster Westrobothnian
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- guid-sister Scots
- sister Scots
- swester Old Frisian
- sista Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Schweschder Pennsylvania German
- Schwester Central Franconian
- systær Old Danish
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- faster Elfdalian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin
- хор Yagnobi