Where does “Zion” come from?
Zion (German) comes from Old High German Sion, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sion, from Koine Greek Σῑών, from Hebrew צִיּוֹן — Zion.
Ancestry of “Zion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | Sion | — |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | Sion | — |
| 3 | Koine Greek | Σῑών | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | צִיּוֹן | Zion |
Words derived from “Zion”