sweostorsunu

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sweostor (“sister”) +‎ sunu (“son”). Compare Icelandic systursonur and Swedish systerson. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswe͜os.torˌsu.nu/ === Noun === sweostorsunu m sororal nephew late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ==== Declension ==== Strong u-stem: ==== Related terms ==== brōþorsunu (“fraternal nephew”) brōþordohtor (“fraternal niece”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: sustersone, systerson, suster sune, suster sone, soster sone, sistur sun, sister sun English: sisterson === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sweostorsunu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.