Etymology

swanlike

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Today it means: Similar to a swan or a characteristic of it, especially in elegance or grace. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English swan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swónh₂-os
  3. Proto-Germanic*swanaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*swan
  5. Old Englishswan
  6. Middle Englishswan
  7. Englishswan
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todayswanlike

From swan + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.