Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweḱrúh₂

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Metathesis of an earlier *sweḱúrh₂, feminine of *swéḱuros.

Noun[edit]

*sweḱrúh₂

  1. mother-in-law

Declension[edit]

Athematic
singular
nominative *sweḱrúh₂
genitive *sweḱrúh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *sweḱrúh₂ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂es
vocative *sweḱrúh₂ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂es
accusative *sweḱrúh₂m̥ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂m̥s
genitive *sweḱrúh₂s *? *sweḱrúh₂oHom
ablative *sweḱrúh₂s *? *sweḱrúh₂mos
dative *sweḱrúh₂ey *? *sweḱrúh₂mos
locative *sweḱrúh₂, *sweḱrúh₂i *? *sweḱrúh₂su
instrumental *sweḱrúh₂h₁ *? *sweḱrúh₂mis

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Albanian: *swexurā (assimilation from expected *swetsurā)
  • Old Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swekrūˀ
    • Proto-Slavic: *svekry (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *swekrū
  • Proto-Germanic: *swegrō (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swaćrúH (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *swekrus
    • Latin: socrus (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320