"suster" meaning in Middle Dutch

See suster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Dutch swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Etymology templates: {{ety|dum|:inh|odt:swester<ety:inh<gmw-pro:*swester>>}} [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" }" data-lang="dum" data-title="suster">, {{inh|dum|odt|swester}} Old Dutch swester, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{der|dum|ine-pro|*swésōr}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Head templates: {{head|dum|noun||{{{stem}}}-||{{{stem2}}}-|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} suster f, {{dum-noun|f}} suster f Inflection templates: {{dum-decl-noun-st-f}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], suster [nominative, singular], sustere [nominative, plural], suster [accusative, singular], sustere [accusative, plural], suster [genitive, singular], sustere [genitive, singular], sustere [genitive, plural], suster [dative, singular], sustere [dative, singular], susteren [dative, plural]
  1. sister Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-suster-dum-noun-GYDTkn8H Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. sister, nun Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-suster-dum-noun-TJRRlBF1 Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0
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