Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/swésō

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

*swésō f[1][2]

sister

Inflection

Fixed accent.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Old Lithuanian: sèsuo
  - Lithuanian: sesuõ
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: swestro
Proto-Slavic: *sestrà (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *sesar (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sestrà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445: “*ses-(e)r-”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “sesuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “*ses-(e)r-”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sestrà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445: “*ses-(e)r-”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “sesuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “*ses-(e)r-”