xenro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese genrro (“son-in-law”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gener, generum (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Cognate with Portuguese genro, Spanish yerno.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛŋɾo̝/, /ˈʃeŋɾo̝/

Noun

xenro m (plural xenros, feminine nora, feminine plural noras)

  1. son-in-law

References
  • “genrro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “genrro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “xenro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “xenro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xenro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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