Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šurь

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

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Noun

*šurь m

1. brother-in-law (wife's brother)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: шу́рин (šúrin)
  • Ukrainian: шу́рин (šúryn)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: шу́рей (šúrej), шу́рек (šúrek)
  • Macedonian: шура (šura)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: šȕrjāk, šurak

    Cyrillic script: шу̀рја̄к, шу̀ра̑к

  • Slovene: šurják
• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: szurzy
  • Old Czech: šiří

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 488
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “шу́рин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress