Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/svekrъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sweśuras, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱuros. Cognate with Lithuanian šẽšuras, Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós), Latin socer, Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śváśura).

Noun

*svekrъ m

1. woman's father-in-law (husband's father)

See also

Proto-Slavic family terms

*sěmьja, *rodina (“family”)	Male	Female
parent	*otъ, *otьcь (“father”) nursery: *tata	*mati (“mother”) nursery: *mama
sibling	*bratrъ (“brother”)	*sestra (“sister”)
child	*synъ (“son”)	*dъťi (“daughter”)
grandparent	– (“grandfather”) nursery: *dědъ; *nana	*ova (“grandmother”) nursery: *baba; *nena
grandchild	*vъnukъ (“grandson”)	*vъnuka (“granddaughter”)
stepparent	*otьčimъ (“stepfather”)	*maťexa (“stepmother”)
stepchild	*pastorъkъ (“stepson”)	*pastorъka (“stepdaughter”)
father's sibling	*strъjь (“paternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“paternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
mother's sibling	*ujь (“maternal uncle”) nursery: *dada; *lola	– (“maternal aunt”) nursery: *teta; *lelja
sibling's child	*netьjь (“nephew”)	*nestera (“niece”)
spouse	*mǫžь (“husband”)	*žena (“wife”)
parent of wife	*tьstь (“father-in-law (wife's father)”)	*tьšča (“mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	*svekrъ (“father-in-law (husband's father)”)	*svekry (“mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of wife	*šurь (“brother-in-law (wife's brother)”)	*svěstь, *svьstь (“sister-in-law (wife's sister)”)
sibling of husband	*děverь (“brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	*zъly (“sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	*zętь (“son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	*snъxa (“daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	*ętry (“sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:

• Old East Slavic: свекръ (svekrŭ)

• Belarusian: свёкар (svjókar)
• Russian: свёкор (svjókor)
• Ukrainian: све́кор (svékor)

• South Slavic:

• Old Church Slavonic: свекръ (svekrŭ)
• Bulgarian: све́кър (svékǎr)
• Macedonian: свекор (svekor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

• Cyrillic script: свѐкар
• Latin script: svèkar

• Slovene: svẹ́kər (tonal orthography)

• West Slavic:

• Polish: świekr
• Czech: svekr
• Slovak: svokor

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*svekrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 475
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “свёкор”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress