Where does “swangerefa” come from?

swangerefa (Old English) comes from Old English swān, from Proto-West Germanic swan, from Proto-Germanic swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.

swangerefa (Old English): an officer responsible for managing forests, especially pasturing of pigs within them, as well as the use of wood

Definitions

  1. an officer responsible for managing forests, especially pasturing of pigs within them, as well as the use of wood

Ancestry of “swangerefa”, step by step

swangerefa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English swān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishswānswineherd, lad
2Proto-West Germanicswanswan
3Proto-Germanicswanazswan
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound

via Old English ġerēfa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġerēfareeve, official; steward, reeve
2Proto-West Germanicgarāfijōcount; earl; reeve, bailiff
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic swanazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic swan
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