Given name & surname · also Polish
Sliwa
“plum tree”
Sliwa is a surname from Polish (ultimately Assyrian Neo-Aramaic).
Original PolishŚliwa
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sliwa goes back to Polish Śliwa, meaning “plum tree.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sliwa comes from Polish, and ultimately from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Polish Śliwa, from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ; its root is Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sliwa’s family of names
In English usage, Sliwa as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SLOE. In English usage, Sliwa as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Śliwa. In English usage, Sliwa as a surname was borrowed from the Polish form Śliwa.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Sliwa has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Sliwa comes from · 1 name
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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