zister

French

Noun

zister m (plural zisters)

  1. alternative form of cistre

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Etymology

From Middle English *zister (attested in Modern English dialects), a form of suster, from Old English sweostor, swustor, sweoster, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪstər/

Noun

zister

  1. sister

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
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