Old English · noun
sweger
Normalised sweġer
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈswe.jer/
- Syllables
- ˈswe · jer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mother-in-law
Meaning
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mother-in-law
c. 990, Matthew 8:14-16
Then the Savior came to Peter's house, where he saw his mother-in-law lying down, feverish; and he touched her hand, and the fever left her: then she arose and served him.
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *swegru, from Proto-Germanic *swegrō, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”).
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