svoger
Danish
/svɔːˀvər/, /svɔvˀər/
noun
Definitions
- brother-in-law the brother of one's spouse, husband of one's sibling or husband of one's spouse's sibling
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German swāger derived from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (husband's brother) derived from Proto-Indo-European *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
- swager English
- *socra Latin
- consocer Latin
- socer Latin
- socera Latin
- socrus Latin
- Schwager German
- Schwieger German
- Schwägerin German
- Schwäher German
- beschwägern German
- schwieger- German
- verschwägern German
- kutzwager Dutch, Flemish
- zwager Dutch, Flemish
- *sweḱrúh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *swéḱuros Proto-Indo-European
- *swēḱurós Proto-Indo-European
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- svåger Swedish
- szwagier Polish
- sviger- Danish
- swager Middle Dutch
- suāgur Old High German
- swāgur Old High German
- swaer Afrikaans
- sweher Middle High German
- swiger Middle High German
- swāger Middle High German
- *swāgar Old Dutch
- swāger Middle Low German
- *swāgar Old Saxon
- švagor Slovak
- *swekrus Proto-Italic
- *swekuros Proto-Italic
- sua Papiamentu
- swa Papiamentu
- swagri Sranan Tongo