Where does “ယေရှု” come from?

ယေရှု (Burmese) comes from Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ, from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ — Joshua.

Ancestry of “ယေရှု”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Hebrew	יֵשׁוּעַ	—
2	Biblical Hebrew	יְהוֹשֻׁעַ	Joshua

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