English
Swabia
Swabia comes from Latin Suābia, 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 CESuēbī
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CESuābia
- EnglishtodaySwabia
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 CESuēbī
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CESuābia
- EnglishtodaySwabia
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘oneself’
such, self, suicide, solo, idiot, sole, solitary, sans, solitude, desolate, desolation, solitaire, idiocy, sullen, swain, solus, sere, 19 more
Today it means
name A historic region of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *swēbaz / Swabia