sviger-
Danish
/sviːˀər-/
prefix
Definitions
- in-law
Etymology
Derived from German schwieger- (-in-law) derived from Proto-Germanic *swegrō derived from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (mother-in-law), *swēḱurós (husband's brother).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swēḱurós
Gloss
husband's brother
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *socra Latin
- consocer Latin
- socer Latin
- socera Latin
- socrus Latin
- Schwager German
- Schwägerin German
- Schwäher German
- beschwägern German
- schwieger- German
- verschwägern German
- *sweḱruh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweḱrúh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *swēḱurós Proto-Indo-European
- sviger- Norwegian Bokmål
- *swegrō Proto-Germanic
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- szwagier Polish
- sviger- Norwegian Nynorsk
- श्वश्रू Sanskrit
- svoger Danish
- swigar Old High German
- swiger Old High German
- sweher Middle High German
- swāger Middle High German
- *swegru gmw-pro
- *swekrū Proto-Celtic
- swāger Middle Low German
- *swaćrúH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- švagor Slovak
- *swekrus Proto-Italic
- *swekuros Proto-Italic