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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swegrō
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsweɣ.rɔː/
Inflection
| ō-stemDeclension of *swegrō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *swegrō | *swegrôz | |
| vocative | *swegrō | *swegrôz | |
| accusative | *swegrǭ | *swegrōz | |
| genitive | *swegrōz | *swegrǫ̂ | |
| dative | *swegrōi | *swegrōmaz | |
| instrumental | *swegrō | *swegrōmiz | |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *swegru
- Old English: sweġer
- Middle English: sweȝer
- Old Frisian: *sweger, *sweier
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Sweegermuur
- Old Saxon: *swegar, *swigar
- Middle Low German: swēger
- German Low German: Sweger, Swegermoder
- Middle Low German: swēger
- Old Dutch: *sweger
- Middle Dutch: swēger
- Dutch: zweger
- Middle Dutch: swēger
- Old High German: swigar
- Middle High German: swiger
- German: Schwieger (obsolete)
- ⇒ German: Schwiegermutter, Schwiegervater, Schwiegertochter, Schwiegersohn
- Yiddish: שוויגער (shviger)
- German: Schwieger (obsolete)
- Middle High German: swiger
- Old English: sweġer
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 (swaihrō)
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