Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swegrō

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 *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweɣ.rɔː/

Noun

*swegrō f^[1]

mother-in-law

Inflection

Declension of *swegrō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swegrō	*swegrôz
vocative	*swegrō	*swegrôz
accusative	*swegrǭ	*swegrōz
genitive	*swegrōz	*swegrǫ̂
dative	*swegrōi	*swegrōmaz
instrumental	*swegrō	*swegrōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *swegru
- Old English: sweġer
  - Middle English: sweȝer
- Old Frisian: *sweger, *sweier
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Sweegermuur
- Old Saxon: *swegar, *swigar
  - Middle Low German: swēger
    - German Low German: Sweger, Swegermoder
- Old Dutch: *sweger
  - Middle Dutch: swēger
    - Dutch: zweger
- Old High German: swigar
  - Middle High German: swiger
    - German: Schwieger (obsolete)
      - ⇒ German: Schwiegermutter, Schwiegervater, Schwiegertochter, Schwiegersohn
    - Yiddish: שוויגער (shviger)
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐍉 (swaihrō)

References

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

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

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