song (n.)
Old English sang “voice, song, art of singing; metrical composition adapted for singing, psalm, poem,” from Proto-Germanic *songwho- (source also of Old Norse söngr, Norwegian song, Swedish sång, Old Saxon, Danish, Old Frisian, Old High German, German sang, Middle Dutch sanc, Dutch zang, Gothic saggws), from PIE *songwh-o- “singing, song,” from *sengwh- “to sing, make an incantation” (see sing (v.)).
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