War, law & rule

sabre

The curved cavalry sword and its name spread west from Hungary through Polish and German into French and English, and from French into Spanish and Portuguese; the Hungarian word may itself be a Turkic loan.

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The road to English

From Polish to Russian

From Hungarian to Serbo-Croatian

From Hungarian to Italian

From German to Czech

From German to Dutch

From German to Swedish

From French to Spanish

From French to Portuguese

From English to American English

1400Hungarian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

The road to English

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