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

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “שוואַן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanswan—
2Proto-West Germanicswanswan
3Proto-Germanicswanazswan
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswenh₂-to sound
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swenh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swanaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swan →