Where does “Swæfas” come from?

Swæfas (Old English) comes from Latin Suēbī, from Latin Suēbus, from English swab, from Proto-Germanic swēbaz, from Indo-European *swé.

Swæfas (Old English): the Suebi

Definitions

  1. the Suebi

Ancestry of “Swæfas”, step by step

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