Where does “schwester” come from?
schwester (German) comes from Middle High German swëster, from Old High German swester, from Proto-West Germanic *swester — sister.
schwester (German): sister
Definitions
- sister
Ancestry of “schwester”, step by step
Words derived from “schwester”
- Schwesterchen
- Kinderschwester
- Glaubensschwester
- Ordensschwester
- Schwestermodell
- Zwillingsschwester
- schwesterlich
- Schwesterherz
- Krankenschwester
- Schwester
- Schwestersprache
- Vatersschwester
- Milchschwester
- Mutterschwester
- Schwestergruppe
- Schwesterpartei
- Schwesterschaft
- Stiefschwester
- Vaterschwester
- Schwester
- Schwëster
- szwestra