Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sësar

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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

*sësar

  1. (Southern Finnic) sister

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: sõsar
  • Livonian: sõzār
  • Võro: sysar'
  • Votic: sõzar

From *sisar (Northern Finnic):

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sisar”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
  • sõsar”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012