Schwan
Luxemburgeois
/ʃwaːn/
noun
Definitions
- swan
Etymology
Derived from German Schwan (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
- sonāre Latin
- Höckerschwan German
- Schwan German
- Schwanengesang German
- Schwanenhals German
- Schwanenjunges German
- Schwanenteich German
- Schwänin German
- Trauerschwan German
- Zwergschwan German
- knobbelzwaan Dutch, Flemish
- zwaan Dutch, Flemish
- zwanenzang Dutch, Flemish
- *swen- Proto-Indo-European
- *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *swonh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *swanaz Proto-Germanic
- swan Old English
- svanr Old Norse
- soang Indonesian
- swane Middle Dutch
- swan Old High German
- swaan Afrikaans
- swan Middle High German
- שוואַן Yiddish
- *swan gmw-pro
- *swannati Proto-Celtic
- *swan Old Frisian
- šwon Lower Sorbian