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Where does “sabel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sabel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszablasabre
2Russianса́бля—
3Old East Slavicсаблꙗ—
4Proto-Slavicsabľasabre

Words derived from “sabel”

  • sabre
  • sabretache
  • saberlike
  • sabretooth
  • sabrelike
  • sabrage
  • sabrebill
  • sabrecat
  • sable
  • sabrage
  • sabrer
  • sabre-tache
  • sabre
  • Sabel
  • säbelförmig
  • Säbelrasseln
  • Säbeltasche
  • Säbel
  • sabre
  • sapelinkalistelu
  • sapeli
  • sabre
  • sabel
  • sabeldier
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