Where does “sapelinkalistaja” come from?

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

sapelinkalistaja (Finnish): saber rattler

Definitions

  1. saber rattler

Ancestry of “sapelinkalistaja”, step by step

sapelinkalistaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sapeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsapelisabre, saber
2Swedishsabelsabre
3GermanSäbelsabre
4Middle High Germansabel—
5Polishszablasabre
6Russianса́бляsaber, cutlass
7Old East Slavicсаблꙗ—
8Proto-Slavicsabľasabre

via Finnish kalistaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalistajaclanker, rattler one who or that which makes something clank or rattle
2FinnishkalistaaAlternative form of kalisuttaa
3Finnish-tääFront vowel variant of -taa
Every word from Proto-Slavic sabľa →