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Where does “סמען” come from?
סמען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish סם, from Hebrew סַם.
סמען
(Yiddish): poison
Definitions
poison
Ancestry of “סמען”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Yiddish
סם
poison
2
Hebrew
סַם
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Words derived from “סמען”
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