Where does “свекровь” come from?
свекровь (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic свекрꙑ, from Proto-Slavic svekry, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱrúh₂, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.
свекровь (Russian): a woman’s mother-in-law
Ancestry of “свекровь”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | свекрꙑ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | svekry | woman's mother-in-law |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sweḱrúh₂ | mother-in-law |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱuros | father-in-law |