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Where does “Suevi” come from?
Suevi (English) comes from Latin Suēvī, from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, from Indo-European *swé.
Ancestry of “Suevi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
Suēvī
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2
Proto-Germanic
swēbaz
someone of the Suebi
3
Indo-European
*swé
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Words derived from “Suevi”
Suevic
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