Lemizh / English dictionary
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xnrà.
to make a spouse’s sibling, to marry someone’s acc sibling
Etymology
< NLem xnir‑a ‘wife’s brother’
< LMLem, MLem jinxter‑yr ‘brother-in-law’s wife’
< OLem jinxter‑
< PLem *jenxter‑
< PIE *h₁i̯énh₂ter‑s ‘husband’s brother’s wife’
—merged with—
< LMLem, MLem xner‑yr ‘man’
< OLem xner‑
< PLem *xner‑
< PIE *h₂nér‑s
The PIE word meant specifically ‘husband’s brother’s wife’, but by OLem it could also mean ‘wife’s brother’s wife’.
Cognates
Lat ianitrīcēs ‘brothers’ wives’