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Where does “Suevic” come from?

Suevic (English) comes from English Suevi, from Latin Suēvī, from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, from Indo-European *swé.

Suevic (English): Of or relating to the Suevi or Suebi, an ancient...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the Suevi or Suebi, an ancient...

Ancestry of “Suevic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSuevi—
2LatinSuēvī—
3Proto-Germanicswēbazsomeone of the Suebi
4Indo-European*swé—
Every word from Indo-European *swé →