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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsweɣ.rɔː/

Noun

*swegrō f

1. mother-in-law

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension 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)