GERMAN VS SUEBI



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The Suebi (or Suebians, also spelled Suevi, Suavi) were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.

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30 thoughts on “GERMAN VS SUEBI”

  1. Interesting. I believe Suebi might have influenced Portuguese, since the tribe was in Portugal for some time. I guess it's another reason why it sounds different than the other romance languages.
    Thank you Andy for all your work! 😊

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  2. The Suebis in Iberia left a handful of Germanic words in modern Galician and Portuguese. I found these Portuguese words on Wikipedia:
    esmagar 'to smash, squeeze, crush, or grind'
    gabar 'to flatter, bray, boast, brag about'
    gravar 'to carve, record, inscribe' [or from another old Germanic language]
    faísca 'spark'
    fita 'ribbon, tape' [or from Visigothic]
    chouriço/choiriça 'sausage'
    churrasco 'grilled meat' (a very famous Portuguese word!)
    gaita 'bagpipe' [origin unknown, possibly from Suebian]

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  3. Smart and interesting, but I doubt and member of the Suebic tribes would have understood any of that ^^ They were a diverse people with many different east-germanic dialects, depending on wich tribe and wich migrational pattern you originated from.

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  4. Interesting to hear. I know the name Suebi gives rise to Schaebisch, or Swabian, which is a German dialect roughly half way between High German and the Swiss German Dialects. It is, however, still too remote for me to recognize any Alemanic characteristics.

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