Where does “swejd” come from?

swejd (Maltese) comes from English suede, from French suède, from German Schweden, from Italian Svezia, from Spanish Suecia, from Russian Шве́ция, from Medieval Latin Suecia — Sweden.

swejd (Maltese): suede

Definitions

  1. suede

Ancestry of “swejd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsuedeA type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with...
2Frenchsuèdesuede; first-person singular present indicative...
3GermanSchwedenplural of Schwede; Sweden
4ItalianSvezia—
5SpanishSueciaSweden
6RussianШве́ция—
7Medieval LatinSueciaSweden
Every word from Medieval Latin Suecia →Every word from Russian Шве́ция →Every word from Spanish Suecia →