Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The act, or event, of singing songs. · Any sound likened to human singing.
To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. · To perform a vocal part in a musical composition, regardless of technique. · To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization. · To soothe with singing.
From Middle English syngen, from Old English singan (“to sing”), from Proto-West Germanic *singwan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to recite, sing”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sjunge (“to sing”), West Frisian sjonge (“to sing”), Dutch zingen (“to sing”), German Low German singen (“to sing”), German singen (“to sing”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synge (“to sing”), Swedish sjunga (“to sing”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Faroese, and Icelandic syngja (“to sing”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”).
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- Root classification mention*sengʷʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsyngenenm
- Inherited-form mentionsinganang · to sing
- Inherited-form mention*singwangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*singwanągem-pro · to sing
- Derivation mention*sengʷʰ-ine-pro · to recite, sing
- Cognate mentionsjungestq · to sing
- Cognate mentionsjongefy · to sing
- Cognate mentionzingennl · to sing
- Cognate mentionsingende · to sing
- Cognate mentionsjungasv · to sing
- Cognate mentionὀμφήgrc · voice, oracle
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