Word Origin Summary

Sistah is attested in Hawaiian Creole. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. sisterEnglishborrowed from
2. *swésōrProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
3. sisterMiddle Englishinherited from
4. *swestērProto-West Germanicinherited from
5. sistrenMiddle Englishinherited from
6. swustorEnglishinherited from

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