"swester" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See swester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *swestēr. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=f}} *swester f Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-r}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], swester [nominative, singular], swestar [nominative, plural], swestar [accusative, singular], swestar [accusative, plural], swestur [genitive, singular], swestrō [genitive, plural], swistri [dative, singular], swestrum [dative, plural], swistri [instrumental, singular], swestrum [instrumental, plural]
  1. sister Tags: feminine, reconstruction Derived forms: swestersunu
    Sense id: en-swester-gmw-pro-noun-GYDTkn8H Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "sweostor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: sweostor, swustor — Mercian, swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian, swuster — West Saxon, swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian, sweoster, swystar, swyster\nMiddle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster (Early Middle English), sussterr (Ormulum), zoster (Kent) (some forms influenced by Old Norse)\nEnglish: sister\n→ Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)\n→ Japanese: シスター (shisutā)\n→ Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)\nScots: sister, syster\nYola: zister",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: sweostor, swustor — Mercian, swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian, swuster — West Saxon, swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian, sweoster, swystar, swyster\nMiddle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster (Early Middle English), sussterr (Ormulum), zoster (Kent) (some forms influenced by Old Norse)\nEnglish: sister\n→ Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)\n→ Japanese: シスター (shisutā)\n→ Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)\nScots: sister, syster\nYola: zister"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "swester"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: swester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: swester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Suster"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "suster"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*swestar",
            "3": "*sustar"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *swestar, *sustar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *swestar, *sustar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "süster",
            "3": "suster",
            "4": "syster",
            "5": "söster"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: süster, suster, syster, söster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: süster, suster, syster, söster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Süster"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Süster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Süster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*swestar",
            "3": "*sustar"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *swestar, *sustar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *swestar, *sustar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "suster"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "zuster"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: zuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: zuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "swester"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: swester\nMiddle High German: swëster, suster, süster\nAlemannic German: Schwöschter\nItalian Walser: schweschter\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar\nMòcheno: schbester\nUdinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar\nCentral Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)\nGerman: Schwester\n→ Central Franconian: Schwester\n→ Luxembourgish: Schwëster\nHunsrik: Schwesder\nLuxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)\nPennsylvania German: Schweschder\nVilamovian: syster\nYiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: swester\nMiddle High German: swëster, suster, süster\nAlemannic German: Schwöschter\nItalian Walser: schweschter\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar\nMòcheno: schbester\nUdinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar\nCentral Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)\nGerman: Schwester\n→ Central Franconian: Schwester\n→ Luxembourgish: Schwëster\nHunsrik: Schwesder\nLuxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)\nPennsylvania German: Schweschder\nVilamovian: syster\nYiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swestēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swestēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *swestēr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-r",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "R-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swester",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestur",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swistri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swistri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*swester f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swester",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "swestersunu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister"
      ],
      "id": "en-swester-gmw-pro-noun-GYDTkn8H",
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swester"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "swestersunu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "sweostor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: sweostor, swustor — Mercian, swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian, swuster — West Saxon, swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian, sweoster, swystar, swyster\nMiddle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster (Early Middle English), sussterr (Ormulum), zoster (Kent) (some forms influenced by Old Norse)\nEnglish: sister\n→ Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)\n→ Japanese: シスター (shisutā)\n→ Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)\nScots: sister, syster\nYola: zister",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: sweostor, swustor — Mercian, swester, suoester, soester — Northumbrian, swuster — West Saxon, swæstar, swestar, swystor, swystar — Anglian, sweoster, swystar, swyster\nMiddle English: suster, cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster (Early Middle English), sussterr (Ormulum), zoster (Kent) (some forms influenced by Old Norse)\nEnglish: sister\n→ Gulf Arabic: سِسْتَر (sistar, “female nurse”)\n→ Japanese: シスター (shisutā)\n→ Korean: 시스터 (siseuteo)\nScots: sister, syster\nYola: zister"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "swester"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: swester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: swester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Suster"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "suster"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*swestar",
            "3": "*sustar"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *swestar, *sustar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *swestar, *sustar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "süster",
            "3": "suster",
            "4": "syster",
            "5": "söster"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: süster, suster, syster, söster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: süster, suster, syster, söster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "Süster"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: Süster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: Süster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*swestar",
            "3": "*sustar"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *swestar, *sustar",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *swestar, *sustar"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "suster"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: suster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: suster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "zuster"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: zuster",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: zuster"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "swester"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: swester\nMiddle High German: swëster, suster, süster\nAlemannic German: Schwöschter\nItalian Walser: schweschter\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar\nMòcheno: schbester\nUdinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar\nCentral Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)\nGerman: Schwester\n→ Central Franconian: Schwester\n→ Luxembourgish: Schwëster\nHunsrik: Schwesder\nLuxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)\nPennsylvania German: Schweschder\nVilamovian: syster\nYiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: swester\nMiddle High German: swëster, suster, süster\nAlemannic German: Schwöschter\nItalian Walser: schweschter\nBavarian:\nCimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar\nMòcheno: schbester\nUdinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar\nCentral Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete)\nGerman: Schwester\n→ Central Franconian: Schwester\n→ Luxembourgish: Schwëster\nHunsrik: Schwesder\nLuxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic)\nPennsylvania German: Schweschder\nVilamovian: syster\nYiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swestēr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swestēr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *swestēr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-r",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "R-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swester",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestar",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestur",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swistri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swistri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swestrum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "*swester f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swester",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic r-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "gmw-pro:Family members"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sister"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sister",
          "sister"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swester"
}

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