*swēbaz

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈswɛː.βɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

someone of the Suebi (a Swabian, but this has a modern meaning)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“oneself”, reflexive pronoun) with an uncertain second component, sometimes taken to be *bʰuH- despite formal difficulties. Compared to Proto-Slavic *svobodà (‘freedom’), Latvian atsvabināt (‘to free’). In Germanic, compare especially *sibjō (‘kinship; friendship’) and Old Norse Sif (name of a goddess), plausibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *sebʰyo, the dative form of the pronoun. Note also the ethnonym *swihô (‘Swede’), which like *swēbaz retains the *w. However, all connections are problematic in one way or another.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	swēbaz	swēbōz, swēbōs
Acc.	swēbą	swēbanz
Gen.	swēbas, swēbis	swēbǫ̂
Dat.	swēbai	swēbamaz
Inst.	swēbō	swēbamiz
Voc.	swēb	swēbōz, swēbōs

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Descendants

*Swāb (Proto-West Germanic)
- Swǣfas, Swǣfe (Old English)
*Swāb (Proto-West Germanic)
- Swāf (Old Dutch)
  - *Swāvīn (Old Dutch)
*Swāb (Proto-West Germanic)
- Swāb, Swāp, Suāb, Suāp (Old High German)
  - Swāp, Swābe (Middle High German)
    - Schwabe (German)
      - Zwaab (Dutch)
      - șvab (Romanian)
*ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*swabaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- *sváfr (Old Norse)
  - Sváfa, Sváfaland (Old Norse)
*ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᛉ (*swabaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- ᛊᚹᚨᛒᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ (swabaharjaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
  - Sváfarr (Old Norse)
Suēbus (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)
Suēbī (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)
Suēvus (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)
Suēvī (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)
Suēbia (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)
Suābia (Latin)
- Σούηβος (Soúēbos) (Ancient Greek)
- sueu, Suèvia (Catalan)
- Suebi, Suevi, Swabia (English)
- suevos, Suevos, Suegos (Galician)
- Sueben (German)

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