Where does “schoonzoon” come from?

schoonzoon (Dutch) comes from Dutch zoon, from Middle Dutch sōne, from Old Dutch sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunu.

schoonzoon (Dutch): son-in-law

Definitions

  1. son-in-law

Ancestry of “schoonzoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzoonson
2Middle Dutchsōneson
3Old Dutchsunu
4Proto-Germanic*sunu
Every word from Proto-Germanic *sunu