<div dir="ltr">mivreshet is a new word invented by eliezer Ben Yehuda, based on the English brush, in a Hebrew form. Bialik prefered the word mis'eret (from hair), but it did not catch. On other times, Bialik won: his matos won over the aviron, invented by Ben Yehuda, which also resembles the French word avoin.<div>
<br><div>The BenYehuda dictionary, available through Bialik institution, and an on-going work of putting it online via the <a href="http://benyehuda.org">benyehuda.org</a> project, would have told you that, probably. The problem is that it is only updated till a bit after Ben Yehuda's time.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Geeks, help me here! Where can I find the etymology (word root) for<br>
non-Biblical Hebrew words? Words such as "petria", or "mivreshet"? An<br>
online source would be great, but I'm willing to buy a book if need<br>
be.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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--<br>
Dotan Cohen<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.<br><a href="http://ladypine.org">http://ladypine.org</a><br>
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