swester

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

swester f

1. sister

Derived terms

• giswestar (“sibling”)
  • Middle High German: geswister
    • German: Geschwister
    • ⇒ Cimbrian: gasbìstarde

Descendants

• 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
    • → Central Franconian: Schwester
    • → Luxembourgish: Schwëster
  • Hunsrik: Schwesder
  • Luxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)
  • Pennsylvania German: Schweschder
  • Vilamovian: syster
  • Yiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)