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Schwan

Schwan comes from German Schwan ‘swan’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound, resound’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swanaz‘swan’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swanreconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swan
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchwan‘swan’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swenh₂-‘to sound, resound’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swanaz‘swan’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*swanreconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050swan
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentSchwan‘swan’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound, resound’

re, personal, sound, personnel, resonance, unison, swan, resonate, sonnet, resonant, parson, sone, sonorous, consonance, 12 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- / Schwan

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