systir
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪstɪɹ/
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪstɪr/
- Rhymes: -ɪstɪr
Declension
Derived terms
Middle English
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Compare Old Saxon swestar, Old English sweoster, Old High German swester, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 (swistar).
Declension
Descendants
References
- “systir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
Declension
Declension of systir (r-stem)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | systir | systirin | syster | systrina(r), -rena(r) |
accusative | systur, -or | systurina, -orena | syster | systrina(r), -rena(r) |
dative | systur, -or | systurinni, -orinne | systrum, -rom | systrumin, -romen |
genitive | systur, -or | systurinna(r), -orinna(r) | systra | systranna |
Descendants
- Swedish: syster
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