Where does “desman” come from?
desman (English) comes from German Desman, from Swedish desmanråtta, from Swedish desman, from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, from Old Saxon *besamo, from Latin bisamum, from Hebrew בושם.
desman (English): Either of two species, Desmana moschata or...
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- Either of two species, Desmana moschata or...
Ancestry of “desman”, step by step