English
Suevi
Suevi comes from Latin Suēvī, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *swēbaz ‘someone of the Suebi’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swēbaz‘someone of the Suebi’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESuēvī
- EnglishtodaySuevi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*swēbaz‘someone of the Suebi’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CESuēvī
- EnglishtodaySuevi
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘oneself’
such, self, solo, idiot, suicide, sole, solitary, sans, solitude, desolate, desolation, solitaire, swain, idiocy, sullen, solus, sere, 19 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *swēbaz / Suevi