Where does “Sava” come from?

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

Sava (Serbo-Croatian): Sava river

Definitions

  1. Sava river

Ancestry of “Sava”, step by step

Sava 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

Words derived from “Sava”

Every word from Aramaic סבא →Every word from Ancient Greek Σάββας →
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