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Sverige = Sve + rige = Realm of the Swedes, or words to that effect. Rige is cognate with Reich if that helps. In Old Swedish the name Svithjod (spelling varies) was also used, where thjod = people, and cognate with Deutsch. According to susning, Sweden is called Swiorice and Sweo-theod in Beowulf and Jordanes (500 AD) calls the people Suetidi.
Where Sve/Svi comes from is unclear, but it might be cognate with the Sanskrit reflexive pronoun sva (Latin: suus/sui, Swedish: sin/sig, German: sein/sich), meaning something like "one's own" or "oneself."
Hope someone got something outta this.
Sverige = Sve + rige = Realm of the Swedes, or words to that effect. Rige is cognate with Reich if that helps. In Old Swedish the name Svithjod (spelling varies) was also used, where thjod = people, and cognate with Deutsch. According to susning, Sweden is called Swiorice and Sweo-theod in Beowulf and Jordanes (500 AD) calls the people Suetidi.
Where Sve/Svi comes from is unclear, but it might be cognate with the Sanskrit reflexive pronoun sva (Latin: suus/sui, Swedish: sin/sig, German: sein/sich), meaning something like "one's own" or "oneself."
Hope someone got something outta this.

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