Where does “Ми́шка” come from?
Ми́шка (Russian) comes from Russian Михаи́л, from Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל, from Hebrew אֵל, from Hebrew שמואל, from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל.
Ancestry of “Ми́шка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Михаи́л | Michael; a usual name of a bear |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | Михаилъ | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μιχαήλ | — |
| 4 | Hebrew | מיכאל | who is like God? |
| 5 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 6 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
Words derived from “Ми́шка”