Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swestēr
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Remodeled based on analogy with *-tēr kinship words, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. This may well have been triggered by the insertion of *-t- in the cluster *-sr- that arose in several oblique case forms, a change which is also found in *þimstr (“dark, dusky”) and *Austrǭ (“springtime, Easter; a goddess of spring and fertility”) and is therefore likely a regular sound change in Proto-Germanic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*swestēr f
Inflection
[edit]r-stemDeclension of *swestēr (r-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *swestēr | *swistriz | |
vocative | *swester | *swistriz | |
accusative | *swesterų | *swestrunz | |
genitive | *swesturz | *swestrǫ̂ | |
dative | *swistri | *swestrumaz | |
instrumental | *swestrē | *swestrumiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *swester
- Old English: sweostor, swustor — Mercian; swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian; swuster — West Saxon; swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian; sweoster, swystar, swyster
- Old Frisian: swester
- Old Saxon: swestar
- Old Dutch: *swestar
- Old High German: swester
- Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster
- Alemannic German: Schwöschter
- Italian Walser: schweschter
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar
- Mòcheno: schbester
- Udinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar
- Central Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)
- German: Schwester
- Hunsrik: Schwesder
- Luxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)
- Pennsylvania German: Schweschder
- Vilamovian: syster
- Yiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)
- Alemannic German: Schwöschter
- Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster
- Proto-Norse: ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar)
- East Germanic