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.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

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).

Noun

*swésōr f

sister

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*swésōr
genitive	*susrés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*swésōr	*swésorh₁(e)	*swésores
vocative	*swésor	*swésorh₁(e)	*swésores
accusative	*swésorm̥	*swésorh₁(e)	*swésorm̥s
genitive	*susrés	*?	*susróHom
ablative	*susrés	*?	susr̥mós, susr̥bʰós
dative	*susréy	*?	susr̥mós, susr̥bʰós
locative	susér, suséri	*?	*susr̥sú
instrumental	*susréh₁	*?	susr̥mís, susr̥bʰís

Coordinate terms

Descendants

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

References

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