Where does “שוואַן” come from?
שוואַן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic swan, from Proto-Germanic swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- — to sound.
שוואַן (Yiddish): swan
Ancestry of “שוואַן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | swan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | swan | swan |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swanaz | swan |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swenh₂- | to sound |