Where does “Zwaan” come from?

Zwaan (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch swane, from Old Dutch swano, from Proto-Germanic swanô.

Zwaan (Dutch): Cygnus

Definitions

  1. Cygnus

Ancestry of “Zwaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchswane—
2Old Dutchswano—
3Proto-Germanicswanô—

Words derived from “Zwaan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic swanô →Every word from Old Dutch swano →Every word from Middle Dutch swane →