Where does “szabla” come from?

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

szabla (Polish): sabre

Definitions

  1. sabre

Ancestry of “szabla”, step by step

szabla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian са́бля

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianса́бляsaber, cutlass
2Old East Slavicсаблꙗ—
3Proto-Slavicsabľasabre

via Hungarian szablya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszablyasabre/saber, cutlass
2Undeterminedselebe—

Words derived from “szabla”

Every word from Proto-Slavic sabľa →Every word from Old East Slavic саблꙗ →Every word from Russian са́бля →