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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sësar

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This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *swésō (*swésōr-), from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Noun

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*sësar

  1. (Southern Finnic) sister

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: sõsar
  • Livonian: sõzār
  • Võro: sysar'
  • Votic: sõzar

From *sisar (Northern Finnic):

Further reading

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  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*sisar”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • sõsar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012