Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweḱrúh₂

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    Metathesis of an earlier *sweḱúrh₂, feminine of *swéḱuros.

    Noun

    *sweḱrúh₂

    1. mother-in-law

    Declension

    Athematic
    singular
    nominative *sweḱrúh₂
    genitive *sweḱrúh₂s
    singular dual plural
    nominative *sweḱrúh₂ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂es
    vocative *sweḱrúh₂ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂es
    accusative *sweḱrúh₂m̥ *sweḱrúh₂h₁(e) *sweḱrúh₂m̥s
    genitive *sweḱrúh₂s *? *sweḱrúh₂oHom
    ablative *sweḱrúh₂s *? *sweḱrúh₂mos, *sweḱrúh₂bʰos
    dative *sweḱrúh₂ey *? *sweḱrúh₂mos, *sweḱrúh₂bʰos
    locative *sweḱrúh₂, *sweḱrúh₂i *? *sweḱrúh₂su
    instrumental *sweḱrúh₂h₁ *? *sweḱrúh₂mis, *sweḱrúh₂bʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *swexurā (assimilation from expected *swetsurā)
    • Old Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swekrūˀ
      • Proto-Slavic: *svekry (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *swekrū
      • Proto-Brythonic: *hwegr
        • Old Cornish: hweger
          • Cornish: hweger
        • Welsh: chwegr
    • Proto-Germanic: *swegrō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἑκυρά (hekurá)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swaćrúH (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *swekrus
      • Latin: socrus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320