Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swanaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swanaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). More at *swin-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɑ.nɑz/

Noun

*swanaz m

1. swan

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *swanaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*swanaz	*swanōz, *swanōs
vocative	*swan	*swanōz, *swanōs
accusative	*swaną	*swananz
genitive	*swanas, *swanis	*swanǫ̂
dative	*swanai	*swanamaz
instrumental	*swanō	*swanamiz

Synonyms

• *albits

Related terms

• *swin-

Descendants

• Old English: swan, swon
  • Middle English: swan
    • Scots: swan
    • English: swan
• Old Frisian: *swan
  • Saterland Frisian: Swoan; Swonne
  • West Frisian: swan
• Old Saxon: swan
  • Middle Low German: swan, swane
    • Low German: Swaan, Swoon, swan, swane
    • Plautdietsch: Schwon
    • Norwegian: svane
    • Danish: svane
• Old Dutch: *swan
  • Dutch: swan, swane
    • Dutch: zwaan
      • Afrikaans: swaan
• Old High German: swan
  • Middle High German: swan
    • German: Schwan
      • → Lower Sorbian: šwon
    • Hunsrik: Schwaan
    • Luxembourgish: Schwan
    • Yiddish: שוואַן‎ (shvan)
• Old Norse: svanr
  • Icelandic: svanur
  • Faroese: svanur
  • Norwegian: svane
  • Old Swedish: svan
    • Swedish: svan
  • Danish: svane