Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swésōr

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Possibly from *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr, from *swé (“self”) +‎ *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), literally “woman of one's own kin group” in an exogamous society, or from *swé (“self”) +‎ *-sōr (feminine-noun-forming suffix).

*swésōr f

1. sister

• Proto-Albanian: *swesarā (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: քոյր (kʻoyr)
    • Armenian: քույր (kʻuyr), քիր (kʻir), քուր (kʻur) — dialectal, քոյր (kʻoyr) — traditional orthography
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swésō (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *swesūr (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *swestēr (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *hwéhōr
  • Ancient Greek: ἔορ (éor)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swásā (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *swezōr (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tocharian: *(ṣä)ṣer (< *swésorm̥ (accusative))
  • Tocharian A: ṣar
  • Tocharian B: ṣer

• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 521