Where does “ሰናፍጭ” come from?

ሰናፍጭ (Tigrinya) comes from Ancient Greek σίναπι, from Demotic snwpt.

ሰናፍጭ (Tigrinya): mustard

Definitions

  1. mustard

Ancestry of “ሰናፍጭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσίναπιthe mustard plant
2Demoticsnwpt
Every word from Demotic snwptEvery word from Ancient Greek σίναπι