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פּיזעם
‘musk’

פּיזעם
'musk'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why initial [p]?}

{Beider 2015: 99.}
from MHG bisem; cf. NHG Bisam.
MHG bisem; from OHG bisamo, (usually) pisem; borrowed form Medieval Latin bisamum; from Hebrew בֹּשֶׂם (see [[בשׂמים]]).