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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

  1. person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding...

Ancestry of “sandek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishסנדק—
2Hebrewסנדקa sandek, the person who holds the baby boy at a...
3Ancient Greekσύντεκνος—
4Ancient Greekσυν-with, together, co-, syn-; indicates completeness
5Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
6Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
7Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
8Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
9Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name
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