swester

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswes.ter/ === Noun === swester f (Northumbrian) alternative form of sweostor == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Old Saxon swestar, Old Frisian swester, Old English sweoster, Old Norse systir. === Noun === swëster f sister ==== Derived terms ==== giswëstar (“sibling”) Middle High German: geswister German: Geschwister ⇒ Cimbrian: gasbìstarde ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: swëster, suster, süster Alemannic German: Schwöschter Italian Walser: schweschter Bavarian: Cimbrian: sbestar, sbéstar, sbeistar Mòcheno: schbester Udinese: schbeschter, schbeister, sghbeistar Central Franconian: Sester, Söster (obsolete) German: Schwester → Central Franconian: Schwester → Luxembourgish: Schwëster Hunsrik: Schwesder Luxembourgish: Sëschter (archaic) Pennsylvania German: Schweschder Vilamovian: syster Yiddish: שוועסטער (shvester)