Where does “šogor” come from?
šogor (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Hungarian sógor, from German Schwager, from Middle High German swāger, from Old High German suāgur, from Proto-Germanic swēgraz, from Proto-Indo-European swēḱurós, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱuros — father-in-law.
šogor (Serbo-Croatian): brother-in-law
Ancestry of “šogor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | sógor | brother-in-law |
| 2 | German | Schwager | brother-in-law; in-law; a fairly distant relative... |
| 3 | Middle High German | swāger | — |
| 4 | Old High German | suāgur | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swēgraz | a male person that came into a family through... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swēḱurós | brother-in-law |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱuros | father-in-law |