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Help[Facts] Sabrina - origin
Hi !!!
In some sources I found that Sabrina has a double root.
One is the Welsh river and this one is written in the database.
The other one is that Sabrina is an European form of Sabra (צברה) the word for an Israeli-born woman that actually has the same root of 'patient'.
The word Sabra itself comes from 'Tzabar' (same root) meaning 'cactus, Indian fig'. Israeli-born people are called like these plants because when European Jews firstly went in Israel with Zionism the ambiental choc was great (a desert-like and Middle-Eastern country) so they had to be as strong as those plants to build a new home.
The word 'tzabar' itself comes from the Semitic root s-b-r for 'patience' (צבר in Hebrew and صبر in Arabic) because that plants could be strong and patient to grow up in the desert.
So the passages are:
root s-b-r (patience/patience) - tzabar (cactus, fig) - sabra ('patient' later Israeli-born woman) - Sabrina (European form)
Has anyone else read, heard, noticed this origin of Sabrina? It could be true right? Names could have two different roots at the same time.
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
In some sources I found that Sabrina has a double root.
One is the Welsh river and this one is written in the database.
The other one is that Sabrina is an European form of Sabra (צברה) the word for an Israeli-born woman that actually has the same root of 'patient'.
The word Sabra itself comes from 'Tzabar' (same root) meaning 'cactus, Indian fig'. Israeli-born people are called like these plants because when European Jews firstly went in Israel with Zionism the ambiental choc was great (a desert-like and Middle-Eastern country) so they had to be as strong as those plants to build a new home.
The word 'tzabar' itself comes from the Semitic root s-b-r for 'patience' (צבר in Hebrew and صبر in Arabic) because that plants could be strong and patient to grow up in the desert.
So the passages are:
root s-b-r (patience/patience) - tzabar (cactus, fig) - sabra ('patient' later Israeli-born woman) - Sabrina (European form)
Has anyone else read, heard, noticed this origin of Sabrina? It could be true right? Names could have two different roots at the same time.
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
This message was edited 12/1/2018, 2:31 PM
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