Sister

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English

Root

svitsira

to deliver to someone, to make reach

Sister tracks PIE swesor onto Shona svitsira by frame

Confidence
41/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
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The consensus position

English sister descends from Proto-Germanic *swestēr from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr; it is unrelated to Bantu or Shona etyma.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

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