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

Definitions

  1. brother-in-law

Ancestry of “zwager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchswagermale in-law
2Old Dutchswāgar—
3Proto-West Germanic*swāgr—
4Proto-Germanicswēgraza male person that came into a family through...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswēḱurósbrother-in-law
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law

Words derived from “zwager”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēgraz →