Where does “Ahasuerus” come from?

Ahasuerus comes from Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, borrowed from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, itself derived from Old Persian 𐏋 and Proto-Iranian xšáyati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tek-.

Ahasuerus (English): A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes

Definitions

  1. A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes

Ancestry of “Ahasuerus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ—
2Old Persian𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠ruler among kings
3Old Persian*(w)r̥šāman
Every word from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā →Every word from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 →Every word from Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ →