scirpus

Etymology
. Possibly from a root similar to (compare, 🇨🇬, and descendants of 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), but an inherited origin for all of these is controversial. Even if is indeed related to this set, the phonetics (root vowel i, coda p) are incongruent with inheritance from PIE and so might indicate a  or  language source. Alternatively, de Vaan tentatively suggests a derivation from, whence.

The figurative sense derives from the plaiting of rushes to make intricate patterns.

Noun

 * 1) a rush, bulrush
 * 2)  riddle, enigma
 * 1)  riddle, enigma

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