Where does “Ŝvabio” come from?

Ŝvabio (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝvabo, from Latin Suābia, from Latin Suēbī, from Latin Suēbus, from English swab, from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, from Indo-European *swé.

Ŝvabio (Esperanto): Swabia

Definitions

  1. Swabia

Ancestry of “Ŝvabio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoŝvaboSwabian
2LatinSuābia—
3LatinSuēbīa Germanic tribe in southwestern Germany, corresponding roughly to modern Swabia
4LatinSuēbus—
5EnglishswabA small piece of soft, absorbent material, such...
6Proto-Germanicswēbazsomeone of the Suebi
7Indo-European*swé—
Every word from Indo-European *swé →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēbaz →Every word from English swab →