Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/swan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Noun

*swan m

swan

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	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
Old Frisian: *swan
- Saterland Frisian: Swoan, Swonne, Swoon
- 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
- Middle Dutch: swan, swāne
  - Dutch: zwaan
    - Afrikaans: swaan
  - Limburgish: zwaan
Old High German: swan
- Middle High German: swan
  - German: Schwan
    - → Lower Sorbian: šwon
    - → Luxembourgish: Schwan
  - Hunsrik: Schwaan
  - Luxembourgish: Schwunn (archaic)
  - Yiddish: שוואַן (shvan)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear, give birth”).

Noun

*swan n or m

swine
(in the plural) herd

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*swan
Genitive	*swaniʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*swan	*swaniʀu
Accusative	*swan	*swaniʀu
Genitive	*swaniʀi	*swaniʀō
Dative	*swaniʀi	*swaniʀum
Instrumental	*swaniʀi	*swaniʀum

Related terms

*sun
*swīn

Descendants

Old Saxon: swanur m
Old High German: *swanar
- Middle High German: swaner m
- ⇒ Old High German: swanering m