Word Origin Summary

Ježíš is attested in Czech. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. יֵשׁוּעַHebrewderived from
2. IesusLatinderived from
3. JesusLatinderived from
4. יֵשׁוּעַBiblical Hebrewderived from
5. ἸησοῦςAncient Greekderived from
6. JežúšCzechinherited from
7. יְהוֹשֻׁעַBiblical Hebrewderived from
8. JesusMiddle High Germanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• Ježiš

  Slovak · borrowed from

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