Where does “sabel” come from?

sabel (Dutch) comes from German Säbel, from Middle High German sabel, from Polish szabla, from Russian са́бля, from Old East Slavic саблꙗ, from Proto-Slavic sabľa — sabre.

sabel (Dutch): sabre Commonwealth, saber US sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade

Definitions

  1. sabre Commonwealth, saber US sword with a narrow, slightly curved blade

Ancestry of “sabel”, step by step

sabel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Säbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäbelsabre
2Middle High Germansabel—
3Polishszablasabre
4Russianса́бляsaber, cutlass
5Old East Slavicсаблꙗ—
6Proto-Slavicsabľasabre

via Middle Dutch sabel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsabel—

Words derived from “sabel”

Every word from Proto-Slavic sabľa →Every word from Old East Slavic саблꙗ →Every word from Russian са́бля →