svainis

Etymology
From, from , probably meaning “ours,” “one of us”, from ,  with an extra in, from the reflexive pronominal stem  with an extra -we, -wo (whence also 🇨🇬). The meaning probably went from “one of us, one of our relatives” to “one who has become a relative (by marriage)” and was then restricted to “brother-in-law.” Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< “one of us”), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) brother-in-law one's wife's brother or one's husband's brother; also, one's sister's husband, or one's wife's sister's husband

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, from, a derivative of.

Noun

 * 1) brother-in-law