Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder.
4. Proto-Germanic *swanaz
5. Proto-West Germanic *swan
6. Old English swan
7. Middle English swan
8. English swan
9. From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”).
10. Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”).
11. Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”).
12. Doublet of sound. See: Middle English Nouns '
swan', Old English Nouns '
swan', Dutch Nouns '
zwaan', German Nouns '
Schwan', Danish Nouns '
svane', Swedish Nouns '
svan', Old English Nouns '
swinsian', Russian Nouns '
звон', Latin Nouns '
sonus'.
Verbs referencing "swan"
German Nouns
Schwan, Old Norse Nouns
svanr, Dutch Nouns
zwaan, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
svane.