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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">husbands brother, brother-in-law</b>.<br />Other forms: Acc. <b class="b3">-έρα</b>, voc. <b class="b3">δᾶερ</b>, gen. pl. <b class="b3">δαέρων Ω</b> 769 (verse initial) and 762 (Il.), hellenist. and late also acc. and dat. sg. <b class="b3">δαῖρα</b>, <b class="b3">δαιρί</b>, nom. pl. <b class="b3">δέρες</b> (Lydia), gen. sg. <b class="b3">δῆρος</b> (Bithynia).<br />Derivatives: Perhaps <b class="b3">Δάειρα</b>, s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] <b class="b2">*deh₂i-uer</b> <b class="b2">brother-in-law</b><br />Etymology: Old relative term, agreeing with Skt. <b class="b2">devár-</b>, Arm. [[taygr]], Lith. <b class="b2">diever-ìs</b>, OCS <b class="b2">děver-ь</b>; so from <b class="b3">*δαιϜήρ</b> (so <b class="b3">δαιρί</b> from <b class="b3">*δαιϜρί</b> and <b class="b3">*δαιϜρῶν</b> for metrically impossible <b class="b3">δαέρων</b>?; see Schwyzer 266 und 568). Lat. [[lēvir]] was transformed after [[vir]], and with [[Sabine]] <b class="b2">l-</b> for <b class="b2">d-</b> and [[ē]] from the general language for [[ae]]. Also the Germ. word, OHG [[zeihhur]], OE [[tācor]], with unfitting velar, was influenced by another word (to Lith. <b class="b2">láigonas</b> <b class="b2">brother of the wife</b>?).

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