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Where does “Huitene” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Huitene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSweden—
2Frenchsuèdesuede; first-person singular present indicative...
3GermanSchwedenplural of Schwede; Sweden
4ItalianSvezia—
5SpanishSueciaSweden
6RussianШве́ция—
7Medieval LatinSueciaSweden
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