"suster" meaning in Afrikaans

See suster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sœstər/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-suster.wav Forms: susters [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch zuster, from Middle Dutch suster, from Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Etymology templates: {{ety|af|:inh|nl:zuster}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*su-h₁ésh₂-ōr", "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "self", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swé", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "blood", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ésh₂r̥", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "self", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "self", "pos" : "word" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swé", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-sōr", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*swésōr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*swestēr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*swester", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Dutch", "term" : "swester", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "odt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle Dutch", "term" : "suster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "dum" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "zuster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "nl" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Afrikaans", "term" : "suster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "af" }" data-lang="af" data-title="suster">, {{inh|af|nl|zuster}} Dutch zuster, {{inh|af|dum|suster}} Middle Dutch suster, {{inh|af|odt|swester}} Old Dutch swester, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{inh|af|ine-pro|*swésōr}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|susters|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} suster (plural susters), {{af-noun|s}} suster (plural susters)
  1. sister Synonyms: sus Derived forms: sus Coordinate_terms: broer

Inflected forms

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