Where does “Сава” come from?

Сава (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek Σάββας, from Aramaic סבא — old man, grandfather.

Сава (Serbo-Croatian): Sava river

Definitions

  1. Sava river

Ancestry of “Сава”, step by step

Сава traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek Σάββας

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΣάββας—
2Aramaicסבאold man, grandfather

via Proto-Indo-European sewh₁-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push
Every word from Aramaic סבא →Every word from Ancient Greek Σάββας →