Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/swaćrúH

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂.

    Noun

    *swaćrúH f[1]

    1. a mother-in-law

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *swaśrúH
    • Proto-Iranian: *hwacrúH
      • Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: خەسوو (xesû)
        Northern Kurdish: xesû
      • Pashto: خواښې (xwāše)
      • Persian:
        Dari: خشو (xušū)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (ʾγwšh)

    References

    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “śvaśrí-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 491