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Where does “swane” come from?

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

Ancestry of “swane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchswano—
2Proto-Germanicswanô—

Words derived from “swane”

  • Zwaan
  • zwaan
  • zwanenzang
  • knobbelzwaan
Every word from Proto-Germanic swanô →