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Old English · noun

tacor

Normalised tācor

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈtɑː.kor/
Syllables
ˈtɑː · kor (2 syllables)
Modern English
husband'sbrother-in-lawbrother

Meaning

  1. husband's brother, brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of tacor
SingularPlural
Nominative tācortācoras
Accusative tācortācoras
Genitive tācorestācora
Dative tācoretācorum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taikuraz (“brother-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“husband's brother”). Akin to Old Frisian tāker (“husband's brother”), Old High German zeihhor, zeihhur, zeihhir (“husband's brother”), Middle High German zeicher (“brother-in-law”).

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