English
Săveni
Săveni comes from Romanian Săveni, and goes back to Aramaic סָבָא ‘old man, grandfather’.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEסָבָאsāḇā‘old man, grandfather’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣάββας
- Old Church SlavonicmodernСава
- Romanianc. 1500–presentSava
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentSăveni
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEסָבָאsāḇā‘old man, grandfather’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΣάββας
- Old Church SlavonicmodernСава
- Romanianc. 1500–presentSava
- Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentSăveni
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Aramaic סָבָא
Today it means
name A city in Botoșani County, Romania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic סָבָא / Săveni