Etymology Explorer
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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
sangwaz
singing, song
2
Proto-Indo-European
songʷʰos
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Words derived from “sang”
sanc
zang
lofzang
samenzang
zwanenzang
wildzang
keelzang
keelzanger
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