swesor-

Sister. Perhaps originally a compound of s(w)e- and *esōr, woman, so literally “woman of one's own kin group” in an exogamous society.

1. Zero-grade form *swesr-.

a. sister, from Old English sweostor, sister, and Old Norse systir, sister, both from Germanic *swestr-;

b. suffixed form *swesr-īno-. cousin, from Latin sobrīnus, maternal cousin.

2. sororal, sorority; sororicide, from Latin soror, sister.

 

[Pokorny su̯esor- 1051.]

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