Words that come from Proto-West Germanic *swester

109 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *swester — including sister, sisterhood, sisterly, stepsister, unsisterly, sisterless, sisterliness, sistership.

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English (34)

German (20)

Middle English (7)

Old English (5)

Old Saxon (5)

Yiddish (3)

Alemannic German (3)

Scots (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Cimbrian (2)

Pichinglis (2)

Old High German (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Korean (1)

Chinese (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Kriol (1)

Pijin (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Middle High German (1)

French (1)

Mòcheno (1)

Limburgish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Australian Kriol (1)

Swahili (1)

Hawaiian Creole (1)

Silesian (1)

Hawaiian (1)

Yola (1)

Gulf Arabic (1)

Japanese (1)