Old English · noun
snoru
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsno.ru/
- Syllables
- ˈsno · ru (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- daughter-in-law
Meaning
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daughter-in-law
Swegr on hyre snore: and snoru on hyre swegere.
The mother in law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother in law.
1874, W. Skeat, The Gospel according to Saint Luke, 12:53:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *snuʀu, from Proto-Germanic *snuzō (“daughter-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Old Frisian snore, Middle Dutch snare, Old High German snur, Old Norse snor. The Indo-European root is also the source of Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā́), Ancient Greek νυός (nuós), Latin nurus, Proto-Slavic *snъxa (Russian сноха́ (snoxá)), Albanian nuse.
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