svane
Danish
noun
Definitions
- male or female swan
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German swane derived from Old Saxon swan derived from *swan derived from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (swan, the singing bird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (resound, sound, make a sound) derived from Old Norse svanr (a swan).
Origin
Old Norse
svanr
Gloss
a swan
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sonāre Latin
- *swen- Proto-Indo-European
- *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *swonh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- svane Norwegian Bokmål
- *sundaz Proto-Germanic
- *swanaz Proto-Germanic
- *swin- Proto-Germanic
- svan Swedish
- svane Norwegian Nynorsk
- swan Old English
- स्वनति Sanskrit
- svanr Old Norse
- ham Danish
- sang Danish
- sangsvane Danish
- svaneham Danish
- svanur Icelandic
- swan Old High German
- svanur Faroese
- *swan gmw-pro
- swane Middle Low German
- swāne Middle Low German
- swan Old Saxon
- *swan Old Frisian