swan

• n. 白鳥座
• vi. さまよう；うろつく
• n. （白鳥）人の名前；（英、フィン、デア）スワン

古英語のswanから。原語ゲルマン語*swanaz, swan, singerに由来し、PIE*swen, to sing, to make a soundが語源である。 おそらく、死ぬ直前に美しく歌うという伝説の白鳥にちなんで名付けられたのだろう。

swan

swan: [OE] Swan is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schwan, Dutch zwaan, Swedish svan, and Danish svane. These all come from a prehistoric base *swan-, which may go back ultimately to Indo-European *swon-, *swen- ‘make sound’ (source of Latin sonus ‘sound’, from which English gets sound). If it does, the swan was originally named for the (admittedly rather unmusical) sound it makes.
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swan (n.)

Old English swan "swan," from Proto-Germanic *swanaz "singer" (cognates: Old Saxon swan, Old Norse svanr, Danish svane, Swedish svan, Middle Dutch swane, Dutch zwaan, Old High German swan, German Schwan), probably literally "the singing bird," from PIE root *swen- "to sing, make sound" (see sound (n.1)); thus related to Old English geswin "melody, song" and swinsian "to make melody."

In classical mythology, sacred to Apollo and to Venus. The singing of swans before death was alluded to by Chaucer (late 14c.), but swan-song (1831) is a translation of German Schwanengesang. The ancient Indo-European mythical swan-maiden so called by mythographers from 1829. Swan dive is recorded from 1898. A black swan was proverbial for "something extremely rare or non-existent" (late 14c.), after Juvenal ["Sat." vi. 164], but later they turned up in Australia (Chenopsis atratus).

"Do you say no worthy wife is to be found among all these crowds?" Well, let her be handsome, charming, rich and fertile; let her have ancient ancestors ranged about her halls; let her be more chaste than all the dishevelled Sabine maidens who stopped the war--a prodigy as rare upon the earth as a black swan! yet who could endure a wife that possessed all perfections? I would rather have a Venusian wench for my wife than you, O Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, if, with all your virtues, you bring me a haughty brow, and reckon up Triumphs as part of your marriage portion. [Juvenal]

1. Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.

スワン卿は1981年に生涯貴族として封ぜられた。

2.The team 's mascot is a giant swan .

このチームのマスコットはオオハクチョウです。

3.The swan flapped its wings noisily.

白鳥が大きな声で羽をたたいている。

4.The stately swan glides gracefully on the pond.

白鳥が池の表面を優美に泳いでいる。

5.A young swan is called a cygnet.

リトルスワンは「cygnet」と呼ばれています。