Where does “tesmayrtti” come from?

tesmayrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tesma, from Swedish desman, from Middle Low German dēsem, from Old Saxon desamo, from Old Saxon *besamo, from Latin bisamum, from Hebrew בושם, from Proto-Semitic *buśm-.

tesmayrtti (Finnish): moschatel

Definitions

  1. moschatel

Ancestry of “tesmayrtti”, step by step

tesmayrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tesma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtesmaAmerican milletgrass
2Swedishdesmanmusk
3Middle Low Germandēsem
4Old Saxondesamo
5Old Saxon*besamo
6Latinbisamum
7Hebrewבושםperfume
8Proto-Semitic*buśm-

via Finnish yrtti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyrttiherb
2Old Swedishyrt
3Old Norseurt
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Semitic *buśm-Every word from Hebrew בושםEvery word from Latin bisamum
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