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Re:Egyptian Circumnavigation of Africa ~600 BC by singularity2001 on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:13PM (#27318006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderwort, 18 Febr. 2007:

A word that was spread among numerous languages and cultures, usually in connection with trade, so that it becomes impossible to establish its original etymology, or even its original language.

Interestingly even back in Egyptian times there was a corroded version with H instead of C: 𓎛 𓆰 𓈖 | H.n | cannabis

(unless 𓎛 was closer to C than to H)

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