köken: From Middle High German nunne, from Old High German nunna, from Medieval Latin nonna. The -o- is the regular outcome of Middle High German -u- before a nasal geminate, though it might have been reinforced by relatinisation.
köken: From Latin soror, from a diminutive form or based on the model of fratello. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese irmãa, yrmãa, from Latin germāna (“sister”), from the adjective germānus (“of siblings”); more at irmão. By surface analysis, irmão + -a (forms feminine equivalents).
a sister (woman or girl having the same parents) · a nurse (in particular as address) · a nun; a female member of a religious community
çekim: çoğul systrar · tamlayan systers
eş: syrra
köken: From Old Swedish systir, from Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō Proto-Slavic *sesra Proto-Slavic *sestra Old Czech sestra Czech sestra Inherited from Old Czech sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra.
köken: Either from a South Slavic language, either Serbo-Croatian opàtica or Slovene opatica, or from Old High German appātissā. First attested in 1256.
sister (a female sibling) · sister (a female member of a religious institute) · nurse
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European *su-h₁ésh₂-ōr? Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *-sōr ? Proto-Indo-European *swésōr Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō Proto-Slavic *sesra Proto-Slavic *sestra Old Slovak sestra Slovak sestra Inherited from Old Slovak sestra, from Proto-Slavic *sestra.
sister (a daughter of a couple, in relation to their other children) · sister (a woman who is closely associated with someone) · nurse (medical assistant who helps a doctor treat patients)
çekim: çoğul māsas · tamlayan māsas
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *mā-, a baby language word for “mother,” “mommy” (whence also mãte, q.v.). This word, probably at first a term of endearment, has replaced an earlier descendant of Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (still found in Lithuanian sesuõ, genitive form seser̃s). Cognates include Lithuanian móša (“sister-in-law”), Old Prussian moazo ([moaso], “aunt”).