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- Arabic · borrowed fromسُوَيْدَاء
- English todayseepweed
Phono-semantically matched folk etymology for Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ) with seep + weed. Compare Jerusalem artichoke, cockroach, and sparrowgrass. Doublet of soda, via Italian soda.
Words from the same roots
Arabicسُوَيْدَاء all →
sueda
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.