Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swestēr

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Remodeled based on analogy with *-tēr kinship words, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. This may well have been triggered by the insertion of *-t- in the cluster *-sr- that arose in several oblique case forms, a change which is also found in *þimstr (dark, dusky) and *Austrǭ (springtime, Easter; a goddess of spring and fertility) and is therefore likely a regular sound change in Proto-Germanic.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*swestēr f

  1. sister

Inflection

r-stemDeclension of *swestēr (r-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swestēr *swistriz
vocative *swester *swistriz
accusative *swesterų *swestrunz
genitive *swesturz *swestrǫ̂
dative *swistri *swestrumaz
instrumental *swestrē *swestrumiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*swester-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500