ἀπάπ <Egyptian; Roman period>
👉 ἀπάπ (vv.ll. ἄπαπ, ἀπατ or ἀπαπ) – an Egyptian gloss with the meaning of ἑλξίνη ‘bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.)’ (Dsc. 4.39 RV).
⚠ Dsc. 4.39 RV: ἑλξίνη· (...) Αἰγύπτιοι ἀπάπ. – “Helxinē (bindweed): (...) the Egyptians (call it) apap”.
🅔 An Egyptian word without etymology. Cf. an old hypothesis: from the alleged Egyptian root *ꜥꜣpp ‘to creep’, supposed on the basis of ꜥꜣpp ‘Apep (a deity portrayed as a giant serpent)’.
📖 Ref.: cf. Wiedemann 1883: 12.