biskop
Danish
/biskɔp/
noun
Definitions
- bishop
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse biskup (bishop, biskup) derived from Latin episcopus (overseer, supervisor, bishop) derived from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἐπίσκοπος
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, watching over, watchman, observer
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archbishop English
- bishop English
- (e)biscopus, biscopus Latin
- biscopus Latin
- episcopalis Latin
- episcopatus Latin
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- episcopo Italian
- vescovo Italian
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- epíscopo Portuguese
- biskop Norwegian Nynorsk
- biscop Old English
- bisċop Old English
- Giolla Easpaig Irish
- biskup Old Norse
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdómr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskup Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- ærkebiskop Danish
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- evesque Old French
- episkopo Esperanto
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- bisbe Catalan, Valencian
- biskup Icelandic
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- bisscoplijc Middle Dutch
- biscof Old High German
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- episkopo Ido
- epscop Old Irish
- biskupur Faroese
- епископ Bulgarian
- peshkop Albanian
- upeshk Albanian
- בישאָף Yiddish
- biskop Old Dutch
- bispo Old Portuguese
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- biskup Slovak
- biskoper Old Swedish
- bisp Old Swedish
- епіскап Belarusian
- бискоупъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vescul Friulian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- biscop Old Frisian
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- eskob Breton
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- pascu Dalmatian
- biskoppi Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- piscopo Neapolitan
- escop Old Welsh
- superintendens la-ecc