| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | sengwh- |
| DEFINITION: | To sing, make an incantation.1a. sing, from Old English singan, to sing; b. Meistersinger, minnesinger, singspiel, from Old High German singan, to sing. Both a and b from Germanic *singan. 2. Suffixed o-grade form *songwh-o-, singing, song. song, from Old English sang, song, song, from Germanic *sangwaz. (Pokorny seng h- 906.) |
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