Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “sanc” come from?

sanc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sang, from Proto-Germanic sangwaz, from Proto-Indo-European songʷʰos.

sanc (Middle Dutch): singing, chanting; song; first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. singing, chanting; song; first/third-person...

Ancestry of “sanc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsang—
2Proto-Germanicsangwazsinging, song
3Proto-Indo-Europeansongʷʰos—

Words derived from “sanc”

  • zwanenzang
  • wildzang
  • zang
  • lofzang
  • samenzang
Every word from Proto-Indo-European songʷʰos →