English
Savas
Savas comes from Turkish Savaş, and goes back to Aramaic סבא ‘grandfather, old man’.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEסבא‘grandfather, old man’
- Turkish1928–presentSavaş
- EnglishtodaySavas
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEסבא‘grandfather, old man’
- Turkish1928–presentSavaş
- EnglishtodaySavas
The story
Several variants exist, such as Savvides, Savvopoulos, Savopoulos, Sava, Savvas.
Every English word from Aramaic סבא
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic סבא / Savas