Where does “páskavika” come from?

páskavika (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic páskar, from Old Norse páskar, from Medieval Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.

páskavika (Icelandic): the week beginning on Easter Sunday; Holy Week

Definitions

  1. the week beginning on Easter Sunday; Holy Week

Ancestry of “páskavika”, step by step

páskavika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic páskar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicpáskarEaster
2Old Norsepáskar—
3Medieval Latinpascha—
4Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
5Aramaicפסחא—
6HebrewפֶּסַחPassover

via Icelandic vika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvikaweek
2Old Norsevíkaweek
3Proto-Germanicwikǭsequence; week
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyg-to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to...
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