Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *swexura, from Proto-Indo-European *sueḱue/or-, *swéḱuros (father-in-law). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἑκυρός (hekurós, father-in-law), German Schwieger (mother-in-law), Old English sweor, Latin socer, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Serbo-Croatian svekar, Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Armenian սկեսուր (skesur).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vjehërr m

  1. father-in-law
  2. mother-in-law

Declension edit

When meaning "father-in-law":

When meaning "mother-in-law":

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 422