Schwan
German (Berlin)
/ʃvaːn/
noun
Definitions
- swan (male or of unspecified sex)
- (constellation) the constellation Cygnus
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German swan inherited from Old High German swan inherited from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (swan, the singing bird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (resound, sound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swenh₂-
Gloss
resound, sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- black swan English
- cobswan English
- nonswan English
- swan English
- swanbill English
- swanherd English
- swanless English
- swanlike English
- swanling English
- swanly English
- swanmark English
- swannery English
- swannish English
- swanny English
- swanship English
- swanskin English
- sonāre Latin
- Gesang German
- Hals German
- Höcker German
- Höckerschwan German
- Junges German
- Schwanengesang German
- Schwanenhals German
- Schwanenhalsmikrofon German
- Schwanenjunges German
- Schwanenteich German
- Schwänin German
- Teich German
- Trauer German
- Trauerschwan German
- Trauerschwänin German
- Zwerg German
- Zwergschwan German
- knobbelzwaan Dutch, Flemish
- zwaan Dutch, Flemish
- zwanenzang Dutch, Flemish
- *swen- Proto-Indo-European
- *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *swonh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- svane Norwegian Bokmål
- *swanaz Proto-Germanic
- knölsvan Swedish
- mindre sångsvan Swedish
- svan Swedish
- sångsvan Swedish
- スワン Japanese
- svane Norwegian Nynorsk
- swan Old English
- suan Middle English
- swan Middle English
- svanr Old Norse
- svanesang Danish
- svanur Icelandic
- soang Indonesian
- swane Middle Dutch
- swan Old High German
- swaan Afrikaans
- svanur Faroese
- swan Middle High German
- Schwan Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שוואַן Yiddish
- *swan gmw-pro
- *swannati Proto-Celtic
- swāne Middle Low German
- *swan Old Frisian
- šwon Lower Sorbian
- svan Volapük
- Swaan Low German