Where does “zwager” come from?
zwager (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch swager, from Old Dutch swāgar, from Proto-West Germanic *swāgr, from Proto-Germanic swēgraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.
zwager (Dutch): brother-in-law
Ancestry of “zwager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | swager | male in-law |
| 2 | Old Dutch | swāgar | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *swāgr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | swēgraz | a male person that came into a family through... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swēḱurós | brother-in-law |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱuros | father-in-law |
Words derived from “zwager”