snoru
Old English
FWOTD – 21 August 2013
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *snuzō (“daughter-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *snusós (“daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Old Frisian snore, Middle Dutch snare, Old High German snur, Old Norse snor. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek νυός (nuós), Latin nurus, Slavic *snъxa (Russian сноха (snoxa)), Albanian nuse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnoru/
Noun
snoru f
- daughter-in-law
- 1874, W. Skeat, The Gospel according to Saint Luke, 12:53
- Swegr on hyre snore: and snoru on hyre swegere.
- The mother in law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother in law.
- Swegr on hyre snore: and snoru on hyre swegere.
- 1874, W. Skeat, The Gospel according to Saint Luke, 12:53
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