præst
Danish
[ˈpʰʁ̥asd̥]
noun
Definitions
- priest (clergyman)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse prestr (priest) borrowed from Old Saxon prēstar borrowed from Old English prēost (priest) borrowed from Latin presbyter (elder, priest) borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (elder, older, senior).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πρεσβύτερος
Gloss
elder, older, senior
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Presley English
- Preston English
- presbyter English
- *preptо̄ Latin
- *previter Latin
- preb(i)ter Latin
- presbyter Latin
- prev(i)ter Latin
- previter Latin
- presbitero Italian
- πρέσβῠς Ancient Greek
- πρεσβύτερος Ancient Greek
- prezbiter Polish
- preost Old English
- prēost Old English
- prēost, preost Old English
- preest Middle English
- preispitéir Irish
- erkiprestr Old Norse
- prestkona Old Norse
- prestlingr Old Norse
- prestr Old Norse
- prestskapr Old Norse
- ypperste Danish
- ypperstepræst Danish
- ypperstepræstinde Danish
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- prestur Icelandic
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- prestur Faroese
- prēstar Old Saxon
- preire Occitan
- præster Old Swedish
- priast Dalmatian
- palasi Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prester Middle Norwegian
- prit Romagnol