sib

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 111 words | Copyright

sib related by blood. OE. sib(b) = MDu. sib(b)e, OHG. sippi, ON. pl. fem. sifjar, Goth. -sibjis, of unkn. orig.

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