I would like to challenge my friend Matthew to show that Hebrew shumshum is related to Tibetan zhum zhum, which at least as I recall means to move furtively, like a cat.

Jonathan

On Wed, 26 Apr 2023, 16:23 Harry Spier via INDOLOGY, <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Matthew Kapstien wrote:
I recall that sesame in Hebrew is soomsoom, which resembles the terms you cited, though I do not know the origin - I assume that it must have been a loanword.

Cofirmed.

sesame oil in hebrew is שמן שומשום = shemen shumshum .
sesame is שומשום = shumshum .

Harry Spier

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