Suio-Gothic

proper noun

The language of the Goths of Götaland (Southern Sweden); Old Swedish.

OriginLatin Suiōnēs →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. archaicThe language of the Goths of Götaland (Southern Sweden); Old Swedish.

    We also meet with the term Suio-Gothic, which is applied to mean the language of the Goths of Gothland in Sweden, and which may be looked upon as Old Swedish.

    [1868, Walter William Skeat, A Mœso-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of Mœso-Gothic Grammar, and a List of Anglo-Saxon and Old and Modern English Words Etymologically Connected with Mœso-Gothic,, page VI

Origin

  1. LatinSuiōnēs
  2. EnglishSuio-Gothic

Late 18th century, from Latin Suiōnēs (a Scandinavian tribe) + Gothic.

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Suio-Gothic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suio-Gothic

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“Suio-Gothic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suio-Gothic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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