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Where does “sang” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsangwazsinging, song
2Proto-Indo-Europeansongʷʰos—

Words derived from “sang”

  • zwanenzang
  • wildzang
  • zang
  • lofzang
  • samenzang
  • sanc
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