Swan if a mate dies, the remaining swan will take up with another. The number of eggs in each clutch ranges from three to eight. The English word 'swan', akin to the German "Schwan", Dutch "zwaan" and Swedish "svan", is derived from Indo-European root "*swen" (to sound, to sing). Young swans are known as "swanlings" or as "cygnets"; the latter derives via Old French "cigne" or "cisne" (diminutive suffix -"et" "little") from the Latin word "", a variant form of "cycnus" "swan", itself from the Greek "kýknos", a word of the same meaning. An adult male is a "cob", from Middle
Donald A. Swan Party was also found, as well as a photograph depicting Swan with American Nazi Party members. Swan died in June 1981. After his death, Swan's papers were purchased and donated to Roger Pearson at the Institute for the Study of Man, under a Pioneer Fund grant of $59,000. Donald A. Swan Donald A. Swan (March 28, 1935 – June 1981) was an American anthropologist. Donald A. Swan was born on March 28, 1935. He studied Economics at Columbia University. Swan was an assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He was a co-founder of the International Association for the