sviger-

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German schwieger- (-in-law), extracted from Schwiegermutter (mother-in-law), older Schwieger, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō, cognate with Old English sweġer. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (mother-in-law), hence Latin socrus), Ancient Greek ἑκύρα (hekúra), Sanskrit श्वश्रूः (śvaśrū́ḥ). It is further related to *swéḱuros (father-in-law) (German Schwäher, Latin socer) and Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (husband's brother) (German Schwager, hence Danish svoger).

Pronunciation

Prefix

sviger-

  1. -in-law

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German schwieger-.

Prefix

sviger-

  1. -in-law

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German schwieger-.

Prefix

sviger-

  1. -in-law

See also