swestro

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Compare Lithuanian sesuõ and Proto-Slavic *sestrà.

Noun

swestro f

  1. sister

References

  • Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “swestro”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
  • G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “swestro”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 183