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

1. (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

• sweostorbearn
• sweostorsunu

Descendants

• Middle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr; swuster (Early Middle English); sussterr (Ormulum); zoster (Kent) (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