שבטבט

Hebrew

Alternative forms

• בְּטְבָּט (betbat), בִּטְבּוּט (bitbut) (obsolete)

Etymology

Root
שׁ־ב־ט (sh-b-ṭ)

Borrowed from Aramaic ܫܒܱܛܒܳܛܳܐ (šəḇaṭbāṭā), doublet of native forms שְׁבַצְבָּץ (shvatzbatz), שְׁבַצְבּוּץ (shvatzbutz), and בִּצְבוּץ (bitzbutz), ultimately a derivation of Proto-Semitic *būṣ- (“reed”).

Noun

שְׁבַטְבָּט • (shvatbat) m

1. horsetail (Equisetum gen. et spp.)

References

• “שבטבט” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• Löw, Immanuel (1916) “Schachtelhalm und Schwaden”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 19, number 12, columns 353a–360b