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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse svili, q.v.
Pronunciation
Noun
svili m (genitive singular svila, nominative plural svilar)
- the husband of one's spouse's sibling; brother-in-law
Declension
Declension of svili (masculine)
Old Norse
Etymology
Theoretically from Proto-Germanic *swelijô (“sister's husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *swél-(i)yo-n- or *swé-l-y-ō, though these reconstructions are uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀέλιοι (aélioi, “brothers-in-law”) (prefixed with *sm̥-).
Noun
svili
- brother-in-law
Declension
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References
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sweljan-(?)”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀέλιοι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
svili (Cyrillic spelling свили)
- dative/locative singular of svila