bdellium

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromभिदुर“something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”
2. Hebrew · derived fromבְּדֹלַח
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromβδέλλιον
4. Latin · borrowed frombdellium
5. English todaybdellium

Borrowed from Latin bdellium, from Ancient Greek βδέλλιον (bdéllion), itself perhaps from Hebrew בְּדֹלַח (bdólakh), cognate with Akkadian 𒁉𒁺𒌨𒄷 (bidurḫu) or from Sanskrit भिदुर (bhidura, “something brittle, fragile, easily split or broken”).