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
Ancestry of “šwigerźowka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | źowka | daughter |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | děvъka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |