Where does “sable” come from?
sable (Galician) comes from Galician savel, from Proto-Celtic samos, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó-, from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- — summer, year.
sable (Galician): allis shad
Ancestry of “sable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Galician | savel | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | samos | summer |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥-h₂-ó- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | semh₂- | summer, year |