sue̯ krū-

    sue̯ krū-́

    English meaning: mother-in law or father-in-law

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Mutter of Ehemannes”

    Material: O.Ind. śváśura-, Av. x ̌asura- “father-in-law”, O.Ind. śvaśrū́- ‘schwiegermutter”; Pers. χusrū ds.; Arm. skesur ‘schwiegermutter” from *k̂u̯ek̂urü), afterwards skesrair “father-in-law”, actually “man the Schwiegermutter”; maybe Alb. (*skes) shkes “messenger of the groom” Gk. ἑκυρός “father-in-law, under between the father of Ehemanns”, ἑκυρά̄ ‘schwiegermutter”; Alb. vjehërr “father-in-law”, vjéherrë ‘schwiegermutter”; [common Alb. shift sv- > v-, or drop of the initial s-] Lat. socer, -eri “father-in-law”, socrus, -ūs ‘schwiegermutter”; Welsh chwegr, Corn. hweger ‘schwiegermutter”, neologism Welsh chwegrwn, Corn. hwigeren “father-in-law”; O.H.G. swehur, O.E. swēor ‘schwäher”, O.H.G. swigar, O.E. sweger (*sweʒ-rū́ ) ‘schwiegermutter”; Goth. swaíhrō = O.N. svǣ ra ‘schwiegermutter” (*swehrōn-), neologism Goth. swaíhra “father-in-law” (*swehran-), as also Ger. Schwiegervater after Schwieger(mutter) for Schwäher; Lith. šẽ šuras “father-in-law”; O.C.S. svekry ‘schwiegermutter” (-kr- through dissimilation against den anlaut not to -sr- geworden), whereupon m. svekrъ “father-in-law”; lengthened grade: O.Ind. śvüśura- “zum father-in-law gehörig”, O.H.G. swügur (*su̯ēkurós) “brother-in-law (*son of Schwiegervaters)”, also “father-in-law, son-in-law”.

    References: WP. II 521 f., WH. 550 f., Trautmann 295 f., Vasmer 2, 588.