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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swanaz.
Noun
*swan m
- swan
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *swan | |
Genitive | *swanas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *swan | *swanō, *swanōs |
Accusative | *swan | *swanā |
Genitive | *swanas | *swanō |
Dative | *swanē | *swanum |
Instrumental | *swanu | *swanum |
Descendants
- Old English: swan, swon
- Middle English: swan
- Scots: swan
- English: swan
- Middle 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
- Middle Low German: swan, swane
- Old Dutch: *swan
- Middle Dutch: swan, swāne
- Dutch: zwaan
- Afrikaans: swaan
- Limburgish: zwaan
- Dutch: zwaan
- Middle Dutch: swan, swāne
- Old High German: swan
- Middle High German: swan
- German: Schwan
- → Lower Sorbian: šwon
- → Luxembourgish: Schwan
- Hunsrik: Schwaan
- Luxembourgish: Schwunn (archaic)
- Yiddish: שוואַן (shvan)
- German: Schwan
- Middle High German: swan