Schwoer
Luxemburgeois
/ʃwoːə̯/
noun
Definitions
- brother-in-law
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German swāgur inherited from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (husband's brother).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swēgraz
Gloss
husband's brother
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- swager English
- Schwager German
- Schwägerin German
- beschwägern German
- verschwägern German
- kutzwager Dutch, Flemish
- zwager Dutch, Flemish
- *swéḱuros Proto-Indo-European
- *swēḱurós Proto-Indo-European
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- szwagier Polish
- swager Middle Dutch
- suāgur Old High German
- swāgur Old High German
- swaer Afrikaans
- swāger Middle High German
- *swāgar Old Dutch
- swāger Middle Low German
- *swāgar Old Saxon
- švagor Slovak
- sua Papiamentu
- swa Papiamentu
- swagri Sranan Tongo