köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlmnk' /dramanag/, “wormwood”), formed + [Book Pahlavi needed] (-k' /-ag/) from a Proto-Iranian term for this plant *dramanah m.
köken: According to Tenishev et al, from a Mongolic source, from Proto-Mongolic *erme (“wormwood”) – compare Mongolian эрэм (erem, “wormwood”). Note however Hungarian üröm. Cognate with Tatar әрем (ärem, “wormwood”).
absinthe (a distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs)
çekim: çoğul absynty · tamlayan absyntu
eş: piołunówka, zielona wróżka
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion)bor. Latin absinthiumbor. French absinthebor. Polish absynt Borrowed from French absinthe. First attested in 1855.
Chornobyl, Chernobyl (a city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian Чорно́быль (Čornóbylʹ). From чорно́биль (čornóbylʹ, “mugwort”), from чо́рне (čórne, “black”, neuter of чо́рний (čórnyj)) + билля́ (bylljá, “grass blades or stalks”).
köken: From Proto-Slavic *pelynъ m (attested also as *pelynь f), probably from the root of Bulgarian паля (palja, “to set on fire, to ignite”), пепел (pepel, “ashes”), due to the bitter taste of mugwort. Compare Bulgarian горчи́вка (gorčívka, “felwort”) from горчи́в (gorčív, “bitter”). Other proposals include relation with Proto-Slavic *pelvelъ (“weed”), *polvъ (“pale”).