Etymology

sobol

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Ukrainian соболь ← Russian соболь ← Polish soból
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  1. Polish · derived fromsoból“sable”
  2. Russian · derived fromсоболь“sable”
  3. Ukrainian · derived fromсоболь“sable”
  4. English todaySobol

From Ukrainian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Russian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Polish soból (“sable”), or another Slavic language.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.