svär-
Swedish
prefix
Definitions
- in-law; related through marriage, derives from svåger (svåger)
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish svær derived from Old Norse *svær derived from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz derived 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
- socerum Latin
- socerum, socer Latin
- socrum Latin
- ἑκυρός Ancient Greek
- *swéḱuros Proto-Indo-European
- *swehuraz Proto-Germanic
- *swēgraz Proto-Germanic
- sweor Old English
- श्वशुर Sanskrit
- *svær Old Norse
- *svekrъ Proto-Slavic
- swehur Old High German
- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *sweur Old Dutch
- *swáćuras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- svær Old Swedish
- *swekuros Proto-Italic