sweostor

Old English

Alternative forms

swustor — Mercian
swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian
swuster — West Saxon
swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian
sweoster, swystar, swyster

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Old Frisian swester, Old Saxon swestar, Old High German swestar, Old Norse systir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswe͜os.tor/

Noun

sweostor f

(West Saxon) sister

Declension

Declension of sweostor

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sweostor	ġesweostor, ġesweostra, ġesweostru
accusative	sweostor	ġesweostor, ġesweostra, ġesweostru
genitive	sweostor	ġesweostra
dative	sweostor	ġesweostrum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr; swuster; sussterr; zoster (some forms influenced by Old Norse)
- English: sister
  - → Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)
  - → Japanese: シスター (shisutā)
  - → Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)
- Scots: sister, syster
- Yola: zister

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