ᴺS. [G.] ^bethres n. “sister in law, *kinswoman by marriage” (Category: Sister-in-Law)
Elements
| ᴺ√BES | “to wed” |
| ress¹ | “female cousin, relative” |
Cognates
G. bedhres n. “sister in law, *kinswoman by marriage” (Category: Sister-in-Law)
The word G. bedhres “sister in law” appeared in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s as a combination of the early root ᴱ√Beđ “wed” and G. ress “female relative” (GL/22); like its male counterpart G. bedhres, it seems to more generally mean “*kinswoman by marriage”. It had a variant G. gadres where the initial element was G. gad “joint, link” (GL/36).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. bethres for purposes of Neo-Sindarin, updating the initial element to my preferred root for marriage ᴹ√BES “wed” with sr becoming thr in Sindarin.
References ✧ GL/22, 36
Glosses
Related
Elements
| *ᴱ√VEÐE | ✧ GL/22 (Beđ) | |
| ress | “cousin (f.), relative” | ✧ GL/22 (#res) |
Cognates