Where does “shabbes” come from?
shabbes (Swedish) comes from Yiddish שבת, from Hebrew שַׁבָּת, from Akkadian šapattum.
shabbes (Swedish): Shabbat
Ancestry of “shabbes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | שבת | Saturday; Sabbath, Shabbat |
| 2 | Hebrew | שַׁבָּת | Sabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath |
| 3 | Akkadian | šapattum | — |