Reply To: Mother-In-Law Home › Forums › Family Matters › Mother-In-Law › Reply To: Mother-In-Law December 17, 2010 5:30 pm at 5:30 pm #720217 MDGParticipant I heard from Rav Shaul Kagan zt”l, The reason why they call MIL in Yiddish “schvigger” is because it was the ugliest sounding word they could find :>