xenro

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese genrro (“son-in-law”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin gener, generum (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵm̥ros, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Cognate with Portuguese genro, Spanish yerno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛŋɾo̝/, /ˈʃeŋɾo̝/

Noun

xenro m (plural xenros, feminine nora, feminine plural noras)

1. son-in-law

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “genrro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “genrro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “xenro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xenro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xenro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.