Names

Isaac

Yiṣḥāq, 'he laughs', echoes Sarah's laughter at the promise of a son. It became Isaac in Greek and Latin, ʾIsḥāq in Arabic (Turkish İshak, Malay and Indonesian Ishak), Sahak in Armenia, Yeshaq on Ethiopia's throne and Yitskhok in Yiddish.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Biblical Hebrew to Arabic, Malay, Indonesian

From Biblical Hebrew to Yiddish

From Late Latin to Italian

From Arabic to Persian

From Arabic to Ottoman Turkish, Turkish

From Biblical Hebrew to Modern Hebrew

From Koine Greek to Armenian

From Biblical Hebrew to Ge'ez, Amharic

From Late Latin to Hungarian

From Late Latin to Swedish

From Koine Greek to Old Church Slavonic, Russian

From Late Latin to Middle Irish

750 BCEBiblical Hebrew

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.