šwon

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Lower Sorbian

šwon

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwan, from Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (to sound, resound).

Pronunciation

Noun

šwon m animal

  1. swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

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Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “šwon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “šwon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag