Where does “Swabia” come from?
Swabia derives from Latin Suabia, from Latin Suebia, from Latin Suebi, from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European swé.
Ancestry of “Swabia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Suābia | — |
| 2 | Latin | Suēbī | — |
| 3 | Latin | Suēbus | — |
| 4 | English | swab | A small piece of soft, absorbent material, such... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swēbaz | someone of the Suebi |
| 6 | Indo-European | *swé | — |
Words derived from “Swabia”