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Where does “swaluwe” come from?
swaluwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch swalwa, from Proto-Germanic swalwǭ — swallow.
Ancestry of “swaluwe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
swalwa
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2
Proto-Germanic
swalwǭ
swallow
Words derived from “swaluwe”
zwaluw
gierzwaluw
boerenzwaluw
roodstuitzwaluw
purperzwaluw
alpengierzwaluw
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