Etymology

sister language

Today it means: A cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language. Full definition →

German Schwestersprache
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  1. German · calque ofSchwestersprache
  2. English todaysister language

Perhaps a calque of German Schwestersprache.

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