brother-in-law · in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage
çekim: çoğul Schwäger · tamlayan Schwagers
eş: Schwäher, Postillion, Postkutscher
köken: From Middle High German swāger, from Old High German swāger, swāgur, from Proto-West Germanic *swāgr, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (“brother-in-law”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).
aile: verschwägern, Schwippschwager
Ist dieser Schwager der Mann Ihrer Schwester oder der Bruder Ihrer Frau?
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin cognātus. Doublet of the semi-learned borrowing cognado. The "know-all" sense alludes to the stereotypical behavior of brothers-in-law at Christmas celebrations, weddings and family gatherings.
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek γαμπρός (gamprós), form of γαμβρός (gambrós), from Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-.
köken: * The SAOB dictionary states that this is inherited from Old Swedish svāgher, swoger. * From Middle Low German swāger, from Old Saxon *swāgar, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).
brother-in-law (brother of one's spouse; husband of one's sibling)
çekim: çoğul langot · tamlayan langon
köken: From Proto-Finnic *lanko, borrowed from an unknown derivation of Proto-Germanic *langōną (whence Old English ġelangian, Old High German gilangōn). The original meaning was simply "relative", shifting into "relative by marriage, in-law" and finally "brother-in-law".
brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, husband of one's sibling or husband of one's spouse's sibling)
çekim: çoğul svogre · tamlayan svogers
köken: From Middle Low German swāger, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), cognate with German Schwager, Dutch zwager. Swedish svåger is also borrowed from Low German. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swēḱurós (“husband's brother”), related to *swéḱuros (“father-in-law”) (German Schwäher, Latin socer) and *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”) (German Schwieger, Latin socrus).
brother-in-law (one's wife's brother or one's husband's brother; also, one's sister's husband, or one's wife's sister's husband)
çekim: çoğul svaiņi · tamlayan svaiņa
köken: From Proto-Baltic *swaynya-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoini, probably meaning “ours,” “one of us”, from *swe-, *swo- with an extra in, from the reflexive pronominal stem *se- (“one's own”) with an extra -we, -wo (whence also Latvian savs). The meaning probably went from “one of us, one of our relatives” to “one who has become a relative (by marriage)” and was then restricted to…
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