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
-
husband's brother, brother-in-law
Declension
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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