Where does “páskafriður” come from?
páskafriður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic páskar, from Old Norse páskar, from Medieval Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.
páskafriður (Icelandic): Truce of God around Easter feuding being prohibited by the Church from the last Sunday before Lent until the 8th day of Easter
Definitions
- Truce of God around Easter feuding being prohibited by the Church from the last Sunday before Lent until the 8th day of Easter
Ancestry of “páskafriður”, step by step
páskafriður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.