Where does “šwigerźowka” come from?

šwigerźowka (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian źowka, from Proto-Slavic děvъka, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

šwigerźowka (Lower Sorbian): daughter-in-law

Definitions

  1. daughter-in-law

Ancestry of “šwigerźowka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianźowkadaughter
2Proto-Slavicděvъkagirl, young woman
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děvъka →Every word from Lower Sorbian źowka →
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