Where does “sandek” come from?
sandek (English) comes from Yiddish סנדק, from Hebrew סנדק, from Ancient Greek σύντεκνος, from Ancient Greek συν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα — to name.
sandek (English): person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding...
Definitions
- person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding...
Ancestry of “sandek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | סנדק | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | סנדק | a sandek, the person who holds the baby boy at a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σύντεκνος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | συν- | with, together, co-, syn-; indicates completeness |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |