Proto-Indo-European

*dayh₂wḗr

‘one's brother-in-law’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr, most familiar first.

• levirate ← lēvir
• levir
• leviratical ← levir

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr