Family Tree (Titus/Dingus)

[Sigvald Grøsfjeld jr.]

Jussi Mantere <jmantere at niksula.hut.fi> wrote:

> Well, exactly the same applies in Finnish, where
> "setä" means the brother of the father, while "eno"
> is the correct word for the brother of the
> mother.

Thanks for this information!

We have now learned that:
setä = farbror (father's brother)
eno = morbror (mother's brother)

But do you also have a word for
onkel/uncle (father's brother + mother's brother +
husbands of any sisters of father and mother)?

Sigvald :-)

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