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单词 Indo-European root: swesor-
释义
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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‑.
    1. sister, from Old English sweostor, sister, and Old Norse systir, sister, both from Germanic *swestr‑;
    2. 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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