Etymology Explorer
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Where does “svæinn” come from?
svæinn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic swaina-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
Ancestry of “svæinn”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
swaina-
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
swé
self
Words derived from “svæinn”
svæn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →
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