Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swegru
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *swegrō.
Noun
[edit]*swegru f[1]
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *swegru | |
| Genitive | *swegrā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *swegru | *swegrō |
| Accusative | *swegrā | *swegrā |
| Genitive | *swegrā | *swegrō |
| Dative | *swegrē | *swegrōm, *swegrum |
| Instrumental | *swegru | *swegrōm, *swegrum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: sweġer
- Middle English: sweȝer
- Old Frisian: *sweger, *sweier
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Sweegermuur
- Old Saxon: *swegar, *swigar
- Middle Low German: swēger
- German Low German: Sweger, Swegermoder
- Middle Low German: swēger
- Old Dutch: *sweger
- Old High German: swigar
- Middle High German: swiger
- German: Schwieger (obsolete)
- ⇒ German: Schwiegermutter, Schwiegervater, Schwiegertochter, Schwiegersohn
- Yiddish: שוויגער (shviger)
- German: Schwieger (obsolete)
- Middle High German: swiger
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 212: “PWGmc *swegru”