Where does “Paske day” come from?

Paske day (Middle English) comes from Middle English Pask, from Old French pasches, from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek Πάσχα, from Aramaic פסחא, from Hebrew פֶּסַח — Passover.

Paske day (Middle English): Passover Jewish holy day

Definitions

  1. Passover Jewish holy day

Ancestry of “Paske day”, step by step

Paske day traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Pask

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishPaskPassover (Jewish feast, festival or holiday)
2Old FrenchpaschesAlternative form of pasques
3Ecclesiastical Latinpascha—
4Ancient GreekΠάσχαEaster
5Aramaicפסחא—
6HebrewפֶּסַחPassover

via Middle English day

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdayday; daylight, sunlight; epoch, age, period
2Old Englishdæġday, daytime
3Proto-West Germanicdagday
4Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot
Every word from Hebrew פֶּסַח →Every word from Aramaic פסחא →Every word from Ancient Greek Πάσχα →