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Found in Punic𐤂𐤃(gd/gid/, “coriander”), Ugaritic𐎂𐎄(gd, “coriander”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaicגַּד(gaḏ), גּׅידא(giḏā, “coriander”). The origin is unclear. It could be from the root formula’s meaning related to strips (→ جُدَّة(judda)), because of coriander’s being chopped, but there is a chance it is the same word as Old Armenianգինձ(ginj) and its known Iranian relatives. Less likely the plant name is from the fortune or fortune god word above in consideration of magical uses.
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 441–447, but he wants to read the JBA words as “wormwood”, which wouldn’t exclude an etymological relationship since these plants appear very similar; and he thinks the words are geminated instead of with begedkefet.
“gyd4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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