Where does “Donauschwabe” come from?

Donauschwabe (German) comes from German Donau, from German Donaw, from German Tonaw, from Middle High German Tuonawe.

Donauschwabe (German): a (male) Danube Swabian person

Definitions

  1. a (male) Danube Swabian person

Ancestry of “Donauschwabe”, step by step

Donauschwabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Donau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDonauDanube
2GermanDonaw—
3GermanTonaw—
4Middle High GermanTuonawe—

via German schwabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwabea (male) Swabian person
Every word from Middle High German Tuonawe →Every word from German Tonaw →Every word from German Donaw →