Etymology Explorer
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Where does “swanger” come from?
swanger (Middle High German) comes from Old High German swangar, from Proto-Germanic *swangr.
Ancestry of “swanger”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
swangar
pregnant
2
Proto-Germanic
*swangr
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Words derived from “swanger”
schwanger
svanger
bedeutungsschwanger
svanger
svanger
hochschwanger
Schwangerschaft
besvangre
svangerskab
svangerskap
svangerskap
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Schwangerschaftstest
skæbnesvanger
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