Where does “ле́бедь” come from?

ле́бедь (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic elbędь, from Proto-Indo-European albʰós — white.

ле́бедь (Russian): swan

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “ле́бедь”, step by step

ле́бедь traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic elbędь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicelbędьswan
2Proto-Indo-Europeanalbʰóswhite

via Proto-Slavic *ȏlbǭdь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*ȏlbǭdьswan

Words derived from “ле́бедь”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European albʰós →Every word from Proto-Slavic elbędь →