Where does “Shabbos” come from?
Shabbos (English) comes from Yiddish שבת, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum.
Shabbos (English): Shabbat or shabbat
Ancestry of “Shabbos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | שבת | Saturday; Sabbath, Shabbat |
| 2 | Hebrew | שַׁבָּת | Sabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath |
| 3 | Akkadian | šapattum | — |