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Where does “svigermor” come from?

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

svigermor (Norwegian Bokmål): mother-in-law

Definitions

  1. mother-in-law

Ancestry of “svigermor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsviger--in-law
2Germanschwieger--in-law
3GermanSchwiegermother-in-law
4Middle High Germanswiger—
5Old High Germanswigar—
6Proto-West Germanic*swegru—
7Proto-Germanicswegrōmother-in-law
8Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱrúh₂mother-in-law
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law
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