swéḱuros

“father-in-law”

Widely acceptedkinship

father-in-law

PIE word for father-in-law. Gives Latin socer, Greek hekurós, Sanskrit śváśura, English (archaic) "sweher".

bʰréh₂tēr“brother, male sibling”bʰréh₂tēr-yo-“of a brother, brotherly”deh₂iwḗr“husband's brother, brother-in-law”dʰeh₁-l-“to suckle, nurse”dʰugh₂tḗr“daughter, female offspring”gʷen-“woman, wife”gʷenh₂-es-“womanly, female nature”gʷenh₂-ikos“relating to women, female”