Where does “sidensvans” come from?

sidensvans (Swedish) comes from Swedish svans, from Middle Low German swans.

sidensvans (Swedish): a waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla), especially the Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus

Definitions

  1. a waxwing (songbird of genus Bombycilla), especially the Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus

Ancestry of “sidensvans”, step by step

sidensvans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish svans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsvanstail
2Middle Low Germanswans—

via Swedish siden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsiden—

Words derived from “sidensvans”

Every word from Middle Low German swans →Every word from Swedish svans →
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