-in-law

See also: inlaw, and in-law

English

Etymology

Back-formation from mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, etc.

Suffix

-in-law

1. Related through marriage.

   cousin-in-law

Coordinate terms

• -out-law

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -in-law

Related terms

• in-law

Translations

related through marriage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms)

• Danish: sviger-
• Dutch: schoon- (nl)
• Esperanto: bo- (eo)
• Faroese: ver-
• French: beau- (fr) m, belle- (fr) f
• German: schwieger-
• Ido: bo-
• Japanese: 義理の (ja) (ぎりの, giri no)
• Malay: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sviger- (no)

  Nynorsk: sviger-

• Russian: (special words are used for common "-in-law" terms), со стороны́ му́жа/жены́ (so storoný múža/žený)
• Scottish Gaelic: -cèile
• Spanish: político (es)
• Swedish: svär- (sv)
• Taos: mą̀ku-
• Turkish: kayın (tr)
• Volapük: lü- (vo)
• Welsh: yng nghyfraith

Anagrams

• Alwin, Wanli, Wilna, liwan, winal