Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweḱrúh₂

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sweḱrúh₂

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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
dative	*sweḱrúh₂ey	*?	*sweḱrúh₂mos
locative	*sweḱrúh₂, *sweḱrúh₂i	*?	*sweḱrúh₂su
instrumental	*sweḱrúh₂h₁	*?	*sweḱrúh₂bʰi

Descendants

• Albanian: *swexurā (assimilation from expected *swetsurā)
  • Albanian: vjehërr
• Old Armenian: սկեսուր (skesur)
• Balto-Slavic: *swekrūˀ
  • Slavic: *svekry (see there for further descendants)
• Celtic: *swekrū (see there for further descendants)
• Germanic: *swegrō (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic: [Term?]
  • Ancient Greek: ἑκυρά (hekurá)
• Indo-Iranian: *swaĉrúH
  • Indo-Aryan: *swaśrúH
    • Sanskrit: श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́)
• 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