Proto-Germanic: *swḗsa-; *swījēn
Meaning: own, relation
Gothic: swēs (a) `own'; swēs n. (a) `property'
Old Norse: svās-s `lieb, traut'
Old Danish: Run. dat. sg. suasum
Old English: swǟs `lieb, eigen'
Old Frisian: swēs `verwandt'; sīa `Verwandter'
Old Saxon: swās `lieb'
Old High German: { swās `lieb'; geswīo `Schwager' }
Middle High German: swās st. m.? n.? 'heimlicher ort, abtritt'
