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

Definitions

  1. allis shad

Ancestry of “sable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansavel—
2Proto-Celticsamossummer
3Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-h₂-ó-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₂-summer, year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European semh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-h₂-ó- →Every word from Proto-Celtic samos →
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