Where does “swager” come from?

swager (Middle Dutch) comes 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.

swager (Middle Dutch): male in-law

Definitions

  1. male in-law

Ancestry of “swager”, step by step

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

Words derived from “swager”

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