Where does “sister” come from?

Sister comes from Old English sweostor, which derives from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, a term for a female sibling.

sister (English): A daughter of the same parents as another person;...

Definitions

  1. A daughter of the same parents as another person;...

Ancestry of “sister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsusterA sister or step-sister; a female sibling
2Old Englishsweostorsister
3Proto-West Germanic*swestersister

Words derived from “sister

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swester
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