Where the Romanian word “sabie” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din bg. sabja.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- Neighbouring Slavic languages (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- Bulgarian сабя ← Proto-Slavic sabľa
- In film dialogue
- 51 times per million words · number 1,318 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 23 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 123 155 99 32 59 - Swap in a synonym
- ucide (Inherited Latin), spată (Inherited Latin), spadă (Italian), nimici (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, poliție, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță