svåger

• The SAOB dictionary states that this is inherited from Old Swedish svāgher, swoger.
• From Middle Low German swāger, from Old Saxon *swāgar, from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvoːɡər/

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svåger c

1. a brother-in-law; a brother of someone's spouse

• The prefix svär- in svärfar and svärmor derives from svåger.

• måg

• buksvåger
• svågerlag
• svågerpolitik
• svågerskap

• svägerska (“sister-in-law”)
• svärdotter (“daughter-in-law”)
• svärfar (“father-in-law”)
• svärförälder (“parent-in-law”)
• svärmor (“mother-in-law”)
• svärson (“son-in-law”)

• svåger in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svåger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svåger in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)