Where does “भ्रातृवधू” come from?

भ्रातृवधू (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit वधू, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ-úHs, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

भ्रातृवधू (Sanskrit): a brother's wife; sister-in-law

Definitions

  1. a brother's wife; sister-in-law

Ancestry of “भ्रातृवधू”, step by step

भ्रातृवधू traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit वधू

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवधूa bride or newly-married woman, young wife,...
2Proto-Indo-AryanwadʰúHs—
3Proto-Indo-IranianwadʰúHsbride
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-úHs—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰ-to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...

via Sanskrit भ्रातृ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritभ्रातृbrother; kinsman, relative; friend
2Proto-Indo-AryanbʰráHtābrother
3Proto-Indo-IranianbʰráHtābrother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰréh₂tērbrother

Words derived from “भ्रातृवधू”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ-úHs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wadʰúHs →