Where does “ŝvabo” come from?

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

ŝvabo (Esperanto): Swabian

Definitions

  1. Swabian

Ancestry of “ŝvabo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ŝvabo”

Every word from Indo-European *swé →Every word from Proto-Germanic swēbaz →Every word from English swab →