Schwager
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃvaːɡɐ/
noun
Definitions
- brother-in-law
- (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German swāger inherited from Old High German suāgur inherited from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (husband's brother) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (husband's father, father-in-law).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swéḱuros
Gloss
husband's father, father-in-law
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- swager English
- socerum Latin
- socerum, socer Latin
- socrum Latin
- Schwägerin German
- beschwägern German
- schwieger- German
- verschwägern German
- sógor Hungarian
- sógornő Hungarian
- sógorok Hungarian
- ἑκυρός Ancient Greek
- *swéḱuros Proto-Indo-European
- *swēḱurós Proto-Indo-European
- *swehuraz Proto-Germanic
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- szwagier Polish
- श्वशुर Sanskrit
- sviger- Danish
- svoger Danish
- *svekrъ Proto-Slavic
- suāgur Old High German
- swāgur Old High German
- swāger Middle High German
- Schwoer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שוואָגער Yiddish
- *swāgar Old Dutch
- swāger Middle Low German
- *swáćuras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *swāgar Old Saxon
- švagor Slovak
- швагер Belarusian
- *swekuros Proto-Italic