Where does “Schwager” come from?

Schwager (German) comes from Middle High German swāger, from Old High German suāgur, from Proto-Germanic swēgraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.

Schwager (German): brother-in-law; in-law; a fairly distant relative...

Definitions

  1. brother-in-law; in-law; a fairly distant relative...

Ancestry of “Schwager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanswāger—
2Old High Germansuāgur—
3Proto-Germanicswēgraza male person that came into a family through...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēḱurósbrother-in-law
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law

Words derived from “Schwager”

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