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語源

From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, 古期英語 Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.

発音

• IPA: /swiːd/
• 韻: -iːd

名詞

Swede (plural Swedes)

1. A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Sweden.
2. (historical) A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden.

派生語

関連する語

• Sweden

参照

• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

アナグラム

• sewed, weeds