Where does “swigar” come from?

swigar (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *swegru, from Proto-Germanic swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱrúh₂, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.

Ancestry of “swigar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*swegrumother-in-law
2Proto-Germanicswegrōmother-in-law
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱrúh₂mother-in-law
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law

Words derived from “swigar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱrúh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic swegrō →