Old Norse sveinn

← Old English swān (cognate)

← English swain (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *swainaz (inherited)

← Old High German swein (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *swé (inherited)

← Proto-Slavic *svojь (cognate)

→ English swain (derived)

→ English boatswain (derived)

→ Middle English swayn (derived)

→ Finnish soini (derived)

→ Faroese sveinur (derived)

→ Icelandic sveinn (inherited)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk svein (inherited)

→ Norwegian Svein (mention)

→ Old Norse Sveinn (mention)

→ Swedish sven (mention)