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Where does “Suēvī” come from?

Suēvī (Latin) comes from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, from Indo-European *swé.

Ancestry of “Suēvī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicswēbazsomeone of the Suebi
2Indo-European*swé—
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