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SongEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Borrowed from Mandarin 宋 (Sòng).
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Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗SongEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Derived from Khmer សុង (song).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗SongEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Derived from Thai สอง (sɔ̌ɔng).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗SongEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
Derived from Korean 송(宋) (song).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗songEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *séngʷʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *singwaną Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Proto-West Germanic *sangu Old English sang Middle English song English song From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing, song”), from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- (“to sing”). Cognate with Scots sang, song (“singing, song”), Saterland Frisian Song (“song”), West Frisian sang (“song”), Dutch zang (“song”), Low German sang (“song”), German Sang (“singing, song”), Swedish sång (“song”), Norwegian Bokmål sang (“song”), Norwegian Nynorsk song (“song”), Icelandic söngur (“song”), Ancient Greek ὀμφή (omphḗ, “voice, oracle”). More at sing.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SongEnglish · e-38700-2421
Song, song, n. that which is sung: a short poem or ballad, adapted for singing, or set to music: the melody to which it is adapted: a poem, or poetry in general: the notes of birds: a mere trifle: (B.) an object of deris
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Song, song (Spens.), pa.t. of sing.
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