Where does “sesam” come from?
sesam (Faroese) comes from Latin sīsamum, from Ancient Greek Σήσαμον, from Aramaic שושמא, from Aramaic שומשומא, from Akkadian šamaššammum, from Akkadian šamnum, from Proto-Semitic *šamn-.
sesam (Faroese): sesame
Ancestry of “sesam”, step by step
Words derived from “sesam”