schwieger-
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Taken out of the clarifying compound Schwiegermutter (“mother-in-law”), itself from Schwieger (“mother-in-law”), from Old High German swigar (“mother-in-law”), from Proto-West Germanic *swegru, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Related to Schwager (“brother-in-law”), Schwäher (“father-in-law”). Cognate with Alemannic German schwëcher-.
Prefix[edit]
schwieger-
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German lemmas
- German prefixes
- de:Family