- εἰνατέρες
- εἰνατέρες, -έρωνGrammatical information: f. (pl.)Meaning: `wife of the husbands brother' (Il.)Other forms: Sing. ἐνατηρ, -τρι, -τερα (late Anat. inscr.; accent like θυγάτηρ, μήτηρ?), voc. εἴνατερ, gen. -τερος (Hdn.)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [505] *ienh₂-ter- `wife of husbands brother'Etymology: Old disappearing relation name from the extended family (s. Risch Mus. Helv. 1, 117). The acc. ιανατερα is not Phrygian, but neglected Greek. Lat. ianitrīcēs (after genetrīcēs a. o.; the -a(n)- is not quite clear) show for Greek a basis (ep. εἰν- metricale lengthening of psilotic ἐν-); with other ablaut Skt. yā-tar- (\< *in̥h₂-), OLith. jen-tė, Russ. Csl. ja-try (after svekry `mother-in-law'); difficult Arm. ner (nēr) (*ienH- \> Hin- \> ǝn- \> n-, Kortlandt, Armeniaca 120 and 163), gen. nir-i. - Schwyzer 568, Wackernagel-Debrunner Aind. Gramm. II : 2, 692, Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. jentė.Page in Frisk: 1,464
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.