šumuttu
DRAFT
Variant: šimittu
Meanings:
beetroot (?)
de:German: Deutsch Rote Beete (?)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Logogram: ú
SUMUN.DAR
, ú
SUMUN.DAR
sar, ú
SU.AN.DAR
, ú
SU.AN.DAR.RA
Etymology: Borrowed < Sum.Sumerian sumun-dar (?) Cf. Syr. smṭrj, smṭrjʾ “beetroot”, see Sokoloff 2009, 1017, sounding similar to the Sumerian spelling sumun-dar.
Discussion
Cf. DAB 49f., identifying the plant with beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.). Note that it is rather unusual for such a lw. (if so) to keep the Sum./logogr. spelling instead of the Akkadian.