Word Origin Summary

Sambaztag is attested in Old High German. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉Gothicborrowed from
2. σάββατονKoine Greekderived from
3. שבתHebrewderived from
4. *σάμβατονByzantine Greekderived from
5. šapattumAkkadianderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• samstag

  Alemannic German · inherited from

• sònsta

  Mócheno · inherited from

• ŝchamschtog

  Alemannic German · inherited from

• Samstag

  German · inherited from

• Zamsdieg

  Central Franconian · inherited from

• Samschdeg

  Luxembourgish · inherited from

• ŝchàmstàg

  Alemannic German · inherited from

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