Where does “Schwieger” come from?

Schwieger (German) comes from Middle High German swiger, from Old High German swigar, from Proto-West Germanic *swegru, from Proto-Germanic swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱrúh₂, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.

Schwieger (German): mother-in-law

Definitions

  1. mother-in-law

Ancestry of “Schwieger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanswiger—
2Old High Germanswigar—
3Proto-West Germanic*swegrumother-in-law
4Proto-Germanicswegrōmother-in-law
5Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱrúh₂mother-in-law
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law

Words derived from “Schwieger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱrúh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic swegrō →