Where does “svoger” come from?
svoger (Danish) comes from Middle Low German swāger, from Old Saxon swāgar, from Proto-Germanic swēgraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.
svoger (Danish): brother-in-law
Ancestry of “svoger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | swāger | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | swāgar | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swēgraz | a male person that came into a family through... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swēḱurós | brother-in-law |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱuros | father-in-law |