Completely OT: Where can I find Hebrew etymology?

[Shachar Shemesh]

>
>> Thanks, Orna. Actually, I did hear that "brush" was the origin for
>> mivreshet, which is why I went looking for an authoritive source. How
>> about "pitria"?
>>      
> If "pitria" is what you're looking for (you originally wrote 'petria' -
> doesn't really mean anything in Hebrew) then a simple google search:
> מקור השם פטריה
>
> Gives this as the 5th entry:
> http://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94
>
> It's a biblical name.
>    
Was Julius Richard Petri named after the biblical (actually, your source 
says Talmud, not Bible) name? How did his parents know? Or maybe his 
name is what inspired him to become a biologist?

Shachar


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