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Re: songs about mothers, fathers and mothers in law

It does, but more likely IMO it derives from the German "Schwieger-" (e.g., 
Schwiegermutter = mother-in-law) which is pronounced identically to the 
Yiddish. However, IIRC, both the Spanish and German form share a common Latin 
root, which I can't remember (don't really remember any of my Latin). Got a 
memory problem, I forget what. ;-P


Richard

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On 20/04/2004 at 23:26 MizLac (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

>"shviger" in yiddish for mother in law does sound cogate with suegra in
>spanish
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>Perele in Brooklyn
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