dāiu̯ ēr (gen. daiu̯res)

    dāiu̯ ēr (gen. daiu̯rés)

    English meaning: brother-in-law

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “the Bruder of Gatten, Schwager”

    Material: O.Ind. dēvá r-, Arm. taigr, Gk. δᾱήρ (*δαιFηρ), Lat. lēvir (in ending reshaped after vir; the l for d probably Sabine), O.H.G. zeihhur, O.E. tücor (presumably through hybridization with an equivalent from Lith. láigonas “brother of wife”), Lith. dieverìs (for *dievė̃ = O.Ind. dēvá r-; older conservative gen. diever̃s), Ltv. diẽveris, O.C.S. děverь (i-, i̯oand conservative stem).

    Note: The Baltic cognate Lith. láigonas “brother of the wife” proves the Balkan origin of Baltic languages inheriting Lat. d- > l- phonetic mutatIon.

    References: WP. I 767, WH. I 787, Specht KZ 62, 249 f., Trautmann 43.