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אינגבער
‘ginger’

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אימבער
'ginger'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why medial [b]?}

{Beider 2015: 103.}
I. Proto-Yiddish ✱iŋgbər; Proto-EY ✱iŋgbər; from MHG ingber.
II. MHG ingewer, ingeber, imbër; cf. NHG Ingwer.
III. Borrowed from Latin gingiber; borrowed from Greek ζιγγίβερις.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

imbɔ אימבער {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}
- ímbɔləx אימבערלעך

iŋgbər {WTCP, Vác, 47197}