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Where does “sweostor” come from?

sweostor (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swester.

sweostor (Old English): sister

Definitions

  1. sister

Ancestry of “sweostor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swester—

Words derived from “sweostor”

  • sister
  • sisterhood
  • sisterly
  • stepsister
  • unsisterly
  • sisterless
  • sisterliness
  • sistership
  • sisterlike
  • sistergirl
  • sisterfucker
  • unsisterliness
  • sisterfucking
  • unsister
  • co-sister-in-law
  • sister-in-law
  • sisterdom
  • unsisterlike
  • co-sister
  • stepsisterly
  • sisterji
  • sisterfuck
  • supersister
  • mersister
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