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Where does “Ելիսեյ” come from?

Ելիսեյ (Armenian) comes from Russian Елисе́й, from Old Church Slavonic Єлїссє́й, from Ancient Greek Ἐλισσαῖος, from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע.

Ancestry of “Ելիսեյ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЕлисе́й—
2Old Church SlavonicЄлїссє́й—
3Ancient GreekἘλισσαῖος—
4Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישָׁע—
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