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-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

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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