Where does “самур” come from?

самур (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Turkish samur, from Ottoman Turkish samur, from Persian samur.

самур (Serbo-Croatian): sable

Definitions

  1. sable

Ancestry of “самур”, step by step

самур traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish samur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishsamursable
2Ottoman Turkishsamur—
3Persiansamur—

via Proto-Yukaghir *samur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Yukaghir*samur—
Every word from Persian samur →Every word from Ottoman Turkish samur →Every word from Turkish samur →