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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svekrъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sweśuras, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱuros. Cognate with Lithuanian šẽšuras, Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós), Latin socer, Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).

Noun

*svekrъ m

  1. woman's father-in-law (husband's father)

Declension

See also

Descendants

References

  1. František Št. Kott (1882) “svekr”, in Česko-německý slovník zvláště grammaticko-fraseologický (in Czech), Prague: František Šimáček, page 789
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svekrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 475
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свёкор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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