sweostorsunu
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sweostor (“sister”) + sunu (“son”). Compare Icelandic systursonur and Swedish systerson.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsweostorsunu m
Declension
editDeclension of sweostorsunu (strong u-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sweostorsunu | sweostorsuna |
accusative | sweostorsunu | sweostorsuna |
genitive | sweostorsuna | sweostorsuna |
dative | sweostorsuna | sweostorsunum |
Related terms
edit- brōþorsunu (“fraternal nephew”)
- brōþordohtor (“fraternal niece”)
Descendants
edit- Middle English: sustersone, systerson, suster sune, suster sone, soster sone, sistur sun, sister sun
- English: sisterson
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sweostorsunu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- ang:Male family members