> Matthew Kapstien wrote: > I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you > cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a > loanword. >
Cofirmed. sesame oil in hebrew is *שמן שומשום* = shemen shumshum . sesame is *שומשום* = shumshum . Harry Spier
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