schweschter
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Schwöschter
Etymology
From Old High German swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Cognate with German Schwester, Dutch zuster, English sister, Icelandic systir.
Noun
schweschter f
- (Formazza) sister
Synonyms
- wätté, wetta, watta, wattà
References
- “schweschter” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien