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Following Grimm's law, the "k" would have changed to "h" with the first Germanic sound shift, after which it may have been adapted into the Old English form, ''hænep''. However, this [[theory]] assumes that hemp was not widely spread among different societies until after it was already being used as a [[psychoactive]] drug, which Adams and Mallory (1997) believe to be unlikely based on archaeological evidence. Barber (1991) however, argued that the spread of the name "kannabis" was due to its historically more recent drug use, starting from the south, around Iran, whereas non-THC varieties of hemp are older and prehistoric. Another possible source of origin is Assyrian ''qunnabu'', which was the name for a source of oil, fiber, and medicine in the 1st millennium BC.
Following Grimm's law, the "k" would have changed to "h" with the first Germanic sound shift, after which it may have been adapted into the Old English form, ''hænep''. However, this [[theory]] assumes that hemp was not widely spread among different societies until after it was already being used as a [[psychoactive]] drug, which Adams and Mallory (1997) believe to be unlikely based on archaeological evidence. Barber (1991) however, argued that the spread of the name "kannabis" was due to its historically more recent drug use, starting from the south, around Iran, whereas non-THC varieties of hemp are older and prehistoric. Another possible source of origin is Assyrian ''qunnabu'', which was the name for a source of oil, fiber, and medicine in the 1st millennium BC.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Cannabis''''', follow '''''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Cannabis this link]'''''.</center>
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1. a : a tall widely cultivated Asian herb (''Cannabis sativa'' of the family ''Cannabaceae'', the hemp family) that has a tough bast fiber used especially for cordage and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (C. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (C. indica)
*1. a : a tall widely cultivated Asian herb (''Cannabis sativa'' of the family ''Cannabaceae'', the hemp family) that has a tough bast fiber used especially for cordage and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (C. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (C. indica)
