sibling

• n. 兄弟；民族グループのメンバー

古英語のsibling, relative, kin, sibb, relative, kinship, -ling, diminutive suffix, from Proto-Germanic*sibja, blood relation, of the same blood, from PIE*swe, own, 語源的にはself, sister, swainと同じ。この語はもともと、血のつながりのある比較的遠い親戚や近親者を指していたが、後に血のつながりの深い兄弟や姉妹を意味するようになった。

sibling (n.)

"brother or sister," 1903, modern revival (in anthropology) of Old English sibling "relative, kinsman," from sibb "kinship, relationship; love, friendship, peace, happiness," from Proto-Germanic *sibja- "blood relation, relative," properly "one's own" (cognates: Old Saxon sibba, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch sibbe, Old High German sippa, German Sippe, Gothic sibja "kin, kindred"), from PIE s(w)e-bh(o)- (cognates: Old Church Slavonic sobistvo, Russian sob "character, individuality"), an enlargement of the root *swe- "self" (see idiom). Related to the second element in gossip.

The word 'sib' or 'sibling' is coming into use in genetics in the English-speaking world, as an equivalent of the convenient German term 'Geschwister' [E.&C. Paul, "Human Heredity," 1930]

In Old English, sibb and its compounds covered grounds of "brotherly love, familial affection" which tended later to lump into love (n.), as in sibsumnes "peace, concord, brotherly love," sibbian (v.) "bring together, reconcile," sibbecoss "kiss of peace." Sibship, however, is a modern formation (1908). Sib persisted through Middle English as a noun, adjective, and verb expressing kinship and relationship.

1. Sibling rivalry often causes parents anxieties.

手足の争いは常に両親を心配させている。

2.These latter，therefore，represent ' sibling species 'such as have been described in other organisms.

したがって、後者は他の生物に記述されたような姉妹種を示している。

3.The word 'sib "is a contraction of ' sibling ".

「同胞」は「同胞兄弟」の略称.

4.Many of us hate living in the shadows of a more successful sibling .

私たちの多くは、より成功した手足の影の下で生きるのを嫌っています。