søster
Danish
[ˈsøsd̥ɐ]
noun
Definitions
- sister (woman or girl having the same parents)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish systær inherited from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ 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
- Soroptimist English
- co-sister English
- foresister English
- godsister English
- half sister English
- intersister English
- mersister English
- sister English
- sister-in-law English
- sister-out-law English
- sisterdom English
- sisterfucker English
- sisterfucking English
- sistergirl English
- sisterhood English
- sisterji English
- sisterless English
- sisterlike English
- sisterly English
- sistern English
- sistership English
- sororize English
- stepsister English
- supersister English
- unsister English
- soror Latin
- sororicida Latin
- sororicidium Latin
- sororitas Latin
- sorōritās Latin
- Glaubensschwester German
- Kinderschwester German
- Krankenschwester German
- Milchschwester German
- Mutterschwester German
- Ordensschwester German
- Schwester German
- Schwesterchen German
- Schwestergruppe German
- Schwesterherz German
- Schwestermodell German
- Schwestersprache German
- Stiefschwester German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersschwester German
- Zwillingsschwester German
- schwesterlich German
- sorella Italian
- suora Italian
- сестра́ Russian
- сестринский Russian
- сестринство Russian
- сестричка Russian
- sor Spanish, Castilian
- ἔορ Ancient Greek
- *swésōr Proto-Indo-European
- soror Portuguese
- *swestēr Proto-Germanic
- シスター Japanese
- sweostor Old English
- swustor Old English
- स्वसृ Sanskrit
- sister Middle English
- sistren Middle English
- fǫðursystir Old Norse
- móðursystir Old Norse
- systir Old Norse
- far Danish
- faster Danish
- halv Danish
- halvsøster Danish
- mor Danish
- moster Danish
- *sestra Proto-Slavic
- suer Old French
- սեստրա Armenian
- soră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- swester Old High German
- քոյր Old Armenian
- Schwëster Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- swester Old Dutch
- *swesūr Proto-Celtic
- 絲打 Chinese
- süster Middle Low German
- *swasar- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swásā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swestar Old Saxon
- sorã Aromanian
- sòrre Occitan
- 시스터 Korean
- *swezōr Proto-Italic
- sora Romansh
- sour Romansh
- sûr Friulian
- swester Old Frisian
- soru Sicilian
- soreła Venetian
- sista Tok Pisin
- *swesarā Proto-Albanian
- *s(w)esō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *swésō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- saur Dalmatian
- seraul Dalmatian
- systær Old Danish
- sorre Sardinian
- saster North Frisian
- söster North Frisian
- sora Neapolitan
- سستر Gulf Arabic
- soror Interlingua
- suèr Franco-Provençal
- szwestra Silesian
- ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ Proto-Norse
- *(ṣä)ṣer, *ṣäṣer Proto-Tocharian
- schwester Crimean Gothic
- sista Pijin
- sista Kriol
- sista Nigerian Pidgin
- хор Yagnobi