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موم: Proto-Semitic → Persian · Lexodus

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موم

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠*mōm⁠/). Akin to Northern Kurdish mûm (“candle”), Central Kurdish مۆم (mom, “candle”), Southern Kurdish موم (mum, “wax”), and Old Armenian մոմ (mom), an Iranian borrowing.

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This journey was extracted automatically from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and hasn't been checked by a person yet. Dates marked “c.” are estimated from each language's period, and every hop is graded at best “probable”.

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Wiktionary: موم (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 3500 BCEProto-Semitic

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c. 3500 BCE
c. 900 CE

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.