sister language

English

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of German Schwestersprache.

Noun

sister language (plural sister languages)

(linguistics) A cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language.
Coordinate terms: daughter language, parent language

Translations

Translations

Dutch: zustertaal f
Finnish: sisarkieli
French: langue sœur (fr) f
Georgian: მონათესავე ენა (monatesave ena)
German: Schwestersprache f
Hungarian: testvérnyelv (hu)
Italian: lingua sorella f
Polish: pokrewny język m

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