Where does “sabre” come from?
Sabre comes from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, ultimately from an undetermined source selebe.
sabre (English): A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part...
Definitions
- A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part...
Ancestry of “sabre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sabre | a single-edged sword; the force, arms;... |
| 2 | German | Säbel | sabre |
| 3 | Middle High German | sabel | — |
| 4 | Polish | szabla | sabre |
| 5 | Russian | са́бля | saber, cutlass |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | саблꙗ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | sabľa | sabre |
Words derived from “sabre”