Where does “Swedish Sign Language” come from?

Swedish Sign Language (English) comes from English Swedish, from English swede, from Middle Low German Swêde, from Proto-Germanic swihô, from Proto-Germanic swe- — "one's own, self".

Swedish Sign Language (English): A sign language commonly used in Sweden

Definitions

  1. A sign language commonly used in Sweden

Ancestry of “Swedish Sign Language”, step by step

Swedish Sign Language traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Swedish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSwedishOf or pertaining to Sweden; Of or pertaining to...
2EnglishswedeThe fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape,...
3Middle Low GermanSwêde
4Proto-Germanicswihôa Swede
5Proto-Germanicswe-"one's own, self"

via English sign language

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsign languageAny of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions
Every word from Proto-Germanic swe-Every word from Proto-Germanic swihôEvery word from Middle Low German Swêde