vjehërr

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Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *ueh(u)Vr-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *sueḱue/or-, *swéḱuros (father-in-law). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós, father-in-law), German Schwieger (father-in-law), Old English sweor, Latin socer, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Serbo-Croatian svekar, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

vjehërr m

  1. father-in-law
  2. mother-in-law

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 422