Open AccessThe Indo-European Etymology of Burushaski -·-skir ‘father-inlaw’ and -·-skus ‘mother-in-law’
Author(s) -
Ilija Čašule
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta orientalia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-0439
pISSN - 0001-6438
DOI - 10.5617/ao.4851
Subject(s) - etymology , kinship , position (finance) , linguistics , law , genealogy , history , philosophy , political science , economics , finance
Within the wider framework of the hypothesis of the genetic affiliation of the Burushaski language with Indo-European an etymology is proposed for two kinship terms. Burushaski -·-skir ‘father-in-law’ is derived from Indo-European *su̯ék̂uros ‘father-inlaw’ and Burushaski -·-skus ‘mother-in-law’ from Indo-European *su̯ek̂rúhas ‘mother-in-law’. The etymological analysis and the Burushaski evidence strengthens the position of Indo-Europeanists who have derived Indo-European *su̯ék̂u(H)ros from *su̯é- ‘one’s own’ + *k̂uh1ros ‘powerful’ (: ‘experienced man, man with authority, master, lord’), and the word for ‘mother-in-law’ from that of the ‘father-in-law’