- snusos
- snusósEnglish meaning: daughter-in-lawDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwiegertochter”Grammatical information: f. o-stemMaterial: O.Ind. snuṣǘ ds. (after den Fem. auf ü- reshaped); Arm. nu, gen. nuoy ds., Gk. νυός ds.; Lat. nurus, -ūs ds. (after socrus reshaped); O.H.G. snur, snora, O.E. snoru, O.Ice. snor, snør, Ger. Schnur “ daughter-in-law “ (after den ü-stem), krimGoth. schnos (Hs. schuos); s.-Church Slavic snъcha ds.; perhaps also Alb. nuse “bride” (*snusiē).Note: Amazingly Gk. νυός, Arm. nu, nurus, Alb. nuse obey the same phonetic laws of Alb. sn- > n- or the drop of initial s-.References: WP. II 701 f., WH. II 190, Trautmann 273, Vasmer 2, 682 f.; after Specht IE Decl. 90 f. to O.Ind. sanóti “erwirbt, gewinnt”, above S. 906; s. though above sneubh-.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.