- νυός
- νυόςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `daughter-in-law' (Hom.), second. `bride' (Theoc.).Compounds: No compp. or derivv.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [978] *snusós `saughter-in-law'Etymology: Old term for cognates, identical with Arm. nu, gen. nuoy `id.', IE *snusó-s f.; on the fem. o-stem Schwyzer 457 and Schwyzer-Debrunner 32. Besides with transition in the u-stems Lat. nurus (after socrus), in the ā-stems Skt. snuṣā́, Germ., e.g. OHG snur, NHG Schnur, Slav., e.g. s. CS. snъcha; not here, for phonetic reasons, Alb. nuse `bride'. -- Further connection to the group of νευρά, νεῦρον as "connection" (cf. on πενθερός) seems possible (Brugmann IF 21, 315 ff. w. Wiedemann); against this Kretschmer Glotta 1, 376, who with others is rather inclined to connect, inspite of the phonetical and morphological difficulties the word for `son' (s. on υἱός). New hypotheses in Specht Ursprung 90 f. WP. 2, 701f., Pok. 978, W.-Hofmann s. nurus, Vasmer s. snochá.Page in Frisk: 2,
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