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Where does “Ordensschwester” come from?

Ordensschwester (German) comes from German schwester, from Middle High German swëster, from Old High German swester, from Proto-West Germanic *swester.

Ordensschwester (German): nun

Definitions

  1. nun

Ancestry of “Ordensschwester”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwester—
2Middle High Germanswëster—
3Old High Germanswestersister
4Proto-West Germanic*swester—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *swester →