Daily Ancestorlevir
Levir is Latin for a husband's brother, a woman's brother-in-law through her husband.
Levir is a precise Latin word for the brother of a woman's husband. Roman legal writers defined it that way, and genealogical word lists keep the same meaning.
It is rare in registers, but when it appears it is valuable: a witness or godparent called levir links two brothers through the wife. The Latin for a husband's sister is glos.
As seen in a recordLatin marriage register, witnesses' line, 1800s
Testis: Martinus Weber, levir sponsae
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Daily Ancestor. "levir." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/latin/levir. Last checked 2026-10-10.