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Where does “szezámmag” come from?

szezámmag (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian szezám, from German Sesam, from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek Σήσαμον, from Aramaic שושמא, from Aramaic שומשומא, from Akkadian šamaššammum, from Akkadian šamnum.

szezámmag (Hungarian): sesame

Definitions

  1. sesame

Ancestry of “szezámmag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianszezámsesame
2GermanSesamsesame
3Latinsēsamum—
4Ancient GreekΣήσαμον—
5Aramaicשושמא—
6Aramaicשומשומא—
7Akkadianšamaššammum—
8Akkadianšamnum—
9Proto-Semitic*šamn-—
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