# Does English (or other languages) have multiple words for aunt/uncle?

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**Created:** [December 27, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-english-or-other-languages-have-multiple-words-for-aunt-uncle/741521 "2015-12-27T23:54:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-english-or-other-languages-have-multiple-words-for-aunt-uncle/741521/41 "2015-12-29T21:27:22Z")

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Fun fact: Icelandic has some specific words for the companies of one parent and child together:  
Mother + daughter: mæðgar  
Mother + son: mæðgin  
Father + son: feðgar  
Father + daughter: feðgin

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**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-english-or-other-languages-have-multiple-words-for-aunt-uncle/741521/42 "2015-12-30T00:24:45Z")

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> [@Yllaria](#):
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> I only learned of that word very recently. So I had to look it up. According to wikipedia - “Coined by linguist Samuel E. Martin in 1951[1] from nephew/niece by analogy with sibling.”
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> I think that would make aunts and uncles parsibs.

Parentlings would be better…

Ok maybe siblents rolls off the tongue more betterer

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