swan

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Oznaczający (English)

1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

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standing erect

humming bird moth

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Częstotliwość

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/swɒn/

Inherited from średnioangielski

Inherited from staroangielski

Cognate with zachodniofryzyjski

Cognate with dolnoniemiecki

Cognate with niderlandzki

Cognate with niemiecki

Cognate with duński

Cognate with norweski

Cognate with szwedzki

Cognate with staroangielski

Cognate with rosyjski

Cognate with łaciński

Cognate with sanskryt

In summary

From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”). Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”). Doublet of sound.

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