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