ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ
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Proto-Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Often seen as problematic, the expected nominative form would be *ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᛖᚱ (*swester). Stiles 1984 proposes it be a vocative, descended from Proto-Germanic vocative form *swester[1] with regular development of unstressed short /e/ > /a/, as in Old Norse hvaðarr, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.[2]
Noun[edit]
ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar) f
- (singular vocative) sister
- early 5th century, inscription on the Opedal Rune Stone:
- ᛚᛖᚢᛒᚢᛗᛖᛉ᛬ᚹᚨᚷᛖ ¶ ᛒᛁᚱᚷᛜᚷᚢᛒᛟᚱᛟᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱᛗᛁᚾᚢ
leubumez:wage ¶ birgŋguboroswestarminu- leubumeʀ᛬wage ¶ birgŋguboroswestarminu
leubumez:wage ¶ birgŋguboroswestarminu - [She is] dear to me, Wagaʀ. / [???] Boro my sister!
- leubumeʀ᛬wage ¶ birgŋguboroswestarminu
- early 5th century, inscription on the Opedal Rune Stone:
Descendants[edit]
- Old Norse: systir
References[edit]
Categories:
- Proto-Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Norse lemmas
- Proto-Norse nouns
- Proto-Norse feminine nouns
- Proto-Norse terms with quotations
- Proto-Norse r-stem nouns
- gmq-pro:Family