Where does “svoger” come from?

svoger (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German swāger, from Old Saxon swāgar, from Proto-Germanic swēgraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.

svoger (Norwegian Bokmål): a brother-in-law

Definitions

  1. a brother-in-law

Ancestry of “svoger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswāger—
2Old Saxonswāgar—
3Proto-Germanicswēgraza male person that came into a family through...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēḱurósbrother-in-law
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēgraz →