Old High German swester

← Old English sweoster (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *swestēr (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (inherited)

← Old Norse systir (cognate)

← Old Frisian swester (cognate)

← Old Saxon swestar (cognate)

→ Cimbrian sbestar (inherited)

→ Cimbrian sbeistar (inherited)

→ Cimbrian sbéstar (inherited)

→ German Schwester (inherited)

→ Central Franconian Schwester (inherited)

→ Alemannic German schweschter (inherited)

→ Alemannic German Schwöschter (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Schwëster (derived)

→ Mòcheno schbester (inherited)

→ Old Norse systir (cognate)

→ Pennsylvania German Schweschder (inherited)

→ Yiddish שוועסטער (inherited)