Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swēgraz

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 *swēḱurós (“brother-in-law”), a vṛddhi derivative of *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”), the latter whence *swehuraz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɛː.ɣrɑz/

Noun

*swēgraz m[1]

  1. a male person that came into a family through marriage
  2. a brother-in-law
  3. a father-in-law

Inflection

Declension of *swēgraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *swēgraz *swēgrōz, *swēgrōs
vocative *swēgr *swēgrōz, *swēgrōs
accusative *swēgrą *swēgranz
genitive *swēgras, *swēgris *swēgrǫ̂
dative *swēgrai *swēgramaz
instrumental *swēgrō *swēgramiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *swāgr

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*swēgura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
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