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The Old Polish had some pretty cool sounding terms for describing family relations that become forgotten, changed or dropped in favor of other words dziewierz
by pndy 3y ago
The Old Polish had some pretty cool sounding terms for describing family relations that become forgotten, changed or dropped in favor of other words
dziewierz - husband's brother sounds way more cooler than szwagier imo
- notpushkin 3y agoI think we still say that in Russian sometimes! (Although very, very rarely) https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1...
- smsm42 3y agoRussian has some neat words for in-law relationships, but I'd say vast majority of the population never uses it and has to hit the dictionary when they encounter it in the literature. Which IMHO is a pity.