zwager
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈzʋaː.ɣər/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) brother-in-law brother of one's spouse or husband of one's sibling
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch swager inherited from Old Dutch *swāgar 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
- kut Dutch, Flemish
- kutzwager Dutch, Flemish
- swa Dutch, Flemish
- *swéḱuros Proto-Indo-European
- *swēḱurós Proto-Indo-European
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- svoger Danish
- swager Middle Dutch
- suāgur Old High German
- swāgur Old High German
- swaer Afrikaans
- Schwoer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *swāgar Old Dutch
- swāger Middle Low German
- *swāgar Old Saxon
- sua Papiamentu
- swa Papiamentu
- swagri Sranan Tongo
- swagi Aukan
- suwági Saramaccan