Old English · noun
swinn
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /swinn/[swin]
- Syllables
- swinn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- melody
Meaning
-
melody
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swin- (“to sound; sound, melody”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound”). Cognate with Latin sonō (“sound, resound”), Latin sonus (“sound, noise”).
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