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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swester
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swestēr.
Inflection
R-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *swester | |
Genitive | *swestur | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *swester | *swestar |
Accusative | *swestar | *swestar |
Genitive | *swestur | *swestrō |
Dative | *swestri | *swestrum |
Instrumental | *swestri | *swestrum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: sweostor, swustor; swester, suoester, soester; swuster; swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar; sweoster, swystar, swyster
- Old Frisian: swester
- Old Saxon: *swestar, *sustar
- Old Dutch: *swestar, *sustar
- Old High German: swester
- Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster
- Alemannic German: Schwöschter
- Italian Walser: schweschter
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar
- Mòcheno: schbester
- Udinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar
- Central Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)
- German: Schwester
- Hunsrik: Schwesder
- Luxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)
- Pennsylvania German: Schweschder
- Vilamovian: syster
- Yiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)
- Alemannic German: Schwöschter
- Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster
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