μύρτος

Akin to Avestan 𐬨𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬆𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀 (muštəməša), Middle Persian (mwlt'), Parthian 𐫖𐫇𐫇𐫡𐫅 (mwwrd), Persian مورد (murd), Old Armenian մուրտ (murt), Old Georgian მურტი (murṭi, “myrtle”). Due to the variation μυρτ-/μυρσ-, Beekes opts for a Pre-Greek borrowing.

μύρτος • (múrtos) f (genitive μύρτου); second declension

1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)
2. twig or spray of myrtle

• → Old Church Slavonic: мѵръта (mürŭta), мрътва (mrŭtva)
• → Latin: myrtus (see there for further descendants)

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• “μύρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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