Meaning

noun a native or inhabitant of Sweden

noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root

noun the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food

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

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