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
- sister
Descendants
- Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster
- Alemannic German:
- 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)
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: Schweschder
- Vilamovian: syster
- Yiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)
- Alemannic German: