Where does “*swegru” come from?

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

*swegru (Proto-West Germanic): mother-in-law

Definitions

  1. mother-in-law

Ancestry of “*swegru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswegrōmother-in-law
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱrúh₂mother-in-law
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱurosfather-in-law

Words derived from “*swegru”

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