swijn

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn.

Pronunciation

Noun

swijn n

  1. pig, swine

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: zwijn
    • Afrikaans: swyn
  • Limburgish: zwien

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