δᾱήρ

δᾱήρ

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `husbands brother, brother-in-law'.

Other forms: Acc. -έρα, voc. δᾶερ, gen. pl. δᾰέρων Ω 769 (verse initial) and 762 (Il.), hellenist. and late also acc. and dat. sg. δαῖρα, δαιρί, nom. pl. δέρες (Lydia), gen. sg. δῆρος (Bithynia).

Derivatives: Perhaps Δάειρα, s.v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] *deh₂i-uēr `brother-in-law'

Etymology: Old relative term, agreeing with Skt. devár-, Arm. taygr, Lith. diever-ìs, OCS děver-ь; so from *δαιϜήρ (so δαιρί from *δαιϜρί and *δαιϜρῶν for metrically impossible δᾱέρων?; see Schwyzer 266 und 568). Lat. lēvir was transformed after vir, and with `Sabine' l- for d- and ē from the general language for ae. Also the Germ. word, OHG zeihhur, OE tācor, with unfitting velar, was influenced by another word (to Lith. láigonas `brother of the wife'?).

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