Words that come from Proto-Germanic “swaina-”

61 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Germanic swaina- — including boatswain, coax, Swansea, swain, coxswain, bosun, cox, swanimote.

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English (18)

Middle English (8)

Swedish (4)

Norwegian (4)

Faroese (3)

Finnish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Icelandic (2)

Danish (2)

Old Swedish (2)

German (2)

Old English (2)

Polish (1)

Dutch (1)

Estonian (1)

Latvian (1)

Irish (1)

Japanese (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norman (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic swaina- — 61 descendants | Etymology Explorer