suster
Afrikaans
/sœstər/
noun
Definitions
- sister
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish zuster (sister, nurse, nun) inherited from Middle Dutch suster inherited from Old Dutch swester inherited from Proto-Germanic *swestēr (sister) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (sister).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swésōr
Gloss
sister
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sister English
- soror Latin
- Schwester German
- bloedzuster Dutch, Flemish
- kloosterzuster Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzuster Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzuster Dutch, Flemish
- tweelingzuster Dutch, Flemish
- zuster Dutch, Flemish
- zusterliefde Dutch, Flemish
- zustermoord Dutch, Flemish
- zusterpartij Dutch, Flemish
- zusterschap Dutch, Flemish
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sistren Middle English
- systir Old Norse
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suster Indonesian
- suster Middle Dutch
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- süster Middle Low German
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swestar Old Saxon
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- swester Old Frisian
- susa Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- хор Yagnobi