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The Ghost of a Flea4/28/2018 11:53:13 am PDT

English abyss from Greek abyssos comes from Akkadian apsu which comes from the Sumerian abzu.

I think that’s not technically a “loanword” but an etymological derivation.

The craziest word that travels without any change of meaning? The Akkadian word sack.