svan
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- male or female swan
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse svanr (a swan) derived from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (swan, the singing bird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (resound, sound, make a sound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swen-
Gloss
resound, sound, make a sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
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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
- 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
- svane Norwegian Bokmål
- *sundaz Proto-Germanic
- *swanaz Proto-Germanic
- *swin- Proto-Germanic
- knöl Swedish
- knölsvan Swedish
- mindre Swedish
- mindre sångsvan Swedish
- sång Swedish
- sångsvan Swedish
- スワン Japanese
- svane Norwegian Nynorsk
- swan Old English
- स्वनति Sanskrit
- suan Middle English
- swan Middle English
- svanr Old Norse
- svanur Icelandic
- soang Indonesian
- swane Middle Dutch
- swan Old High German
- swaan Afrikaans
- svanur Faroese
- swan Middle High German
- Schwan Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *swan gmw-pro
- swāne Middle Low German
- *swan Old Frisian
- šwon Lower Sorbian
- svan Volapük
- Swaan Low German