שוועסטער
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- sister
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German swester inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swestēr
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
- 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
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- systir Old Norse
- swester Old High German
- swëster Middle High German
- Schwëster Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- swester Old Dutch
- süster Middle Low German
- swestar Old Saxon
- Schwöschter Alemannic German
- schweschter Alemannic German
- swester Old Frisian
- Schweschder Pennsylvania German
- Schwester Central Franconian
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- szwestra Silesian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- schwester Crimean Gothic