Where does “săbiușcă” come from?

săbiușcă (Romanian) comes from Romanian sabie, from Bulgarian сабя, from Proto-Slavic sabľa — sabre.

Ancestry of “săbiușcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansabiesword
2Bulgarianсабяsword, sabre
3Proto-Slavicsabľasabre
Every word from Proto-Slavic sabľaEvery word from Bulgarian сабяEvery word from Romanian sabie