Where does “sisterly” come from?
I need to analyze this chain carefully, as it appears to have some issues and repetitions.
Looking at the chain provided:
- English sister | Proto-Indo-European swésōr | Old English -līċ | Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ | Proto-Indo-European swésōr | Proto-Indo-European līg- | Proto-Indo-European ḱóm | Proto-Indo-European ḱóm
There are clear problems: "swésōr" appears twice, "ḱóm" appears twice, and the sequence doesn't form a coherent path for "sisterly."
The logical components should be:
- **sisterly** = sister + -ly (adjectival suffix)
- sister comes from Proto-Indo-European swésōr
- -ly comes from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Indo
sisterly (English): Of or characteristic of sisters; In the manner of...
Definitions
- Of or characteristic of sisters; In the manner of...
Ancestry of “sisterly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ly | Used to form adjectives from nouns, the... |
| 2 | English | grisly | Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying;... |
| 3 | Middle English | grisely | — |
| 4 | Old English | grisliċ | grisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid |
| 5 | Old English | -līċ | suffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *-līk | — |
Words derived from “sisterly”