*swēgraz

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᚷᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈswɛː.ɣrɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (‘brother-in-law’), a vṛddhi derivative of *swéḱuros (‘father-in-law’), the latter whence *swehuraz.

*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *swāger (Old Dutch)
  - swager (Middle Dutch)
    - zwaoger (Limburgish)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *swāger (Old Dutch)
  - swager (Middle Dutch)
    - zwager (Dutch)
      - swaer (Afrikaans)
      - swagri (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - swaeger (Negerhollands)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *swāger (Old Dutch)
  - swager (Middle Dutch)
    - zwager (Dutch)
      - swa, sua (Papiamentu)
        
        swa (Dutch)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *swāger (Old Dutch)
  - swager (Middle Dutch)
    - zwager (Dutch)
      - swagri (Sranan Tongo)
        
        swagi (Aukan)
        
        swagri (Caribbean Javanese)
        
        suwági (Saramaccan)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- swāger, swēger (Old Frisian)
  - Swoager (Saterland Frisian)
  - sweager (West Frisian)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- swāgur, suāgur (Old High German)
  - swāger (Middle High German)
    - Schwoher (Hunsrik)
    - Schwoer (Luxembourgish)
    - שוואָגער (shvoger) (Yiddish)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- swāgur, suāgur (Old High German)
  - swāger (Middle High German)
    - Schwager (German)
      - švagr (Czech)
      - szwagier (Polish)
*swāgr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *swāgar (Old Saxon)
  - swâger (Middle Low German)
    - svoger (Danish)
    - Swager (German Low German)
    - svåga, svågar, svagur (Gutnish)
    - svager (Norn)
    - Schwoaga (Plautdietsch)
    - svåger (Swedish)