Where does “svane” come from?

svane (Danish) comes from Middle Low German swāne, from Old Saxon swan, from Proto-West Germanic swan, from Proto-Germanic swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

svane (Danish): swan

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “svane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanswāne—
2Old Saxonswan—
3Proto-West Germanicswanswan
4Proto-Germanicswanazswan
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound

Words derived from “svane”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swanaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swan →