words "Tah" meaning "end or bottom" and "Rân" meaning "[mountain] slope"—literally, bottom of the mountain slope. tulipán = tulip, from Persian دلبند dulband Band = To close, To tie. turbante = turban, from Persian دلبند dulband Band = To close, To tie. Slavic languages cibelina, cebellina = sable: from Old French zibeline, zibelline, from Italian zibellino, of Slavic origin: compare Russian sobol and Polish sobol. cuarzo = quartz: from German Quarz, from Old High German quarz, from a Western Slavic form *, from Slavic : compare Czech tvrdý "quartz, hard," Serbian: тврд / (tvrd) Polish twardy, and Russian tverdy Serbian vampire = vampire and vamp''' = a dangerously attractive woman: from Austrian German Vampyre "vampire," which in turn was borrowed from Serbian вампир (vampir), "vampire", "undead". Czech pistola = a pistol: from German Pistole "pistol," from Czech pištal, "pistol, tube." calesa = kalesa, a carriage with low wheels and a folding cover: from French calèche, from German Kalesche, from Czech kolesa, "calesa, carriage," from kolesa "wheels," plural of koleso "wheel," from Proto-Slavic *kolo "wheel", IE root '*kwel-' Polish polaco = a Polack: from Polish pol- "field, wide and flat territory." polka Russian babushka rutenio = ruthenium: from Medieval Latin Ruthenia "Russia" (the element was discovered in the Urals), from Rutheni, Ruteni "Russians," from Old Russian Rus "Russia" sputnik = satellite: from Russian s = with/from + put = road + -nik = derivative for objects of people carrying out an action (masc.) vodka Croatian corbata = necktie, cravat: from Italian carvatta "wool scarf used by Croatian soldiers in the 17th century" with implicit sense "Croatian scarf," from Croatian hrvat "Croat, dof Croatia," of uncertain origin, but from the same root as Old Slavic Chǔrvatinǔ "Croat." See also Linguistic history of Spanish List of English words of Spanish origin References "Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española" by Guido Gómez de Silva () Notes various