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  • From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] QNH-BSM
  • Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 04:00:34 +0000

On 5/23/06, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
The last line in the wikipedia article notes what is apparently
a vague sound correspondence between "hemp" and "cannabis" (h = c,
m = n, p = b).

I see now that http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=hemp
(which I consider a somewhat more reputable source than wikipedia) also
reconstructs hemp to a very similar word, suggesting indeed a very
early borrowing.

Yitzhak Sapir
http://toldot.blogspot.com




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