Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweḱrúh₂

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Metathesis of an earlier *sweḱúrh₂, feminine of *swéḱuros.

Noun

*sweḱrúh₂

mother-in-law

Declension

Athematic
	singular
nominative	*sweḱrúh₂
genitive	*sweḱrúh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sweḱrúh₂	*sweḱrúh₂h₁(e)	*sweḱrúh₂es
vocative	*sweḱrúh₂	*sweḱrúh₂h₁(e)	*sweḱrúh₂es
accusative	*sweḱrúh₂m̥	*sweḱrúh₂h₁(e)	*sweḱrúh₂m̥s
genitive	*sweḱrúh₂s	*?	*sweḱrúh₂oHom
ablative	*sweḱrúh₂s	*?	sweḱrúh₂mos, sweḱrúh₂bʰos
dative	*sweḱrúh₂ey	*?	sweḱrúh₂mos, sweḱrúh₂bʰos
locative	sweḱrúh₂, sweḱrúh₂i	*?	*sweḱrúh₂su
instrumental	*sweḱrúh₂h₁	*?	sweḱrúh₂mis, sweḱrúh₂bʰis

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *swexurā (assimilation from expected *swetsurā)
- Albanian: vjehrrë
Old Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swekrūˀ
- Proto-Slavic: *svekry (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *swekrū
- Proto-Brythonic: *hwegr
  - Old Cornish: hweger
  - Welsh: chwegr
Proto-Germanic: *swegrō (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἑκυρά (hekurá)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swaćrúH (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *swekrus
- Latin: socrus (see there for further descendants)

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320