I would like to challenge my friend Matthew to show that Hebrew shumshum is related to Tibetan zhum zhum, which at least as I recall means to move furtively, like a cat. :) Jonathan
On Wed, 26 Apr 2023, 16:23 Harry Spier via INDOLOGY, < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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