Why is Switzerland's car-sticker abbreviation "CH"?

Question

Why is Switzerland's car-sticker abbreviation "CH"?

Answer 1

this means Confoederatio Helvetica

and this is for you, have fun

http://www.about.ch/welcome.html

what the h**l, which a*****e gave me a thumbs down?

i'm Swiss and i know by HEART what this means and it's neither french nor italian, it's latin.

Answer 2

Confederation Helvetique more like!!

Answer 3

They use the Latin name for Switzerland to avoid having to base the abbreviation on the German (Schweiz), French (Suisse), or Italian (Svizzra) names, since those are all different.