biskop
Frisian (Western)
/ˈbɪs.kɔp/
noun
Definitions
- bishop high-ranking church leader
Etymology
Derived from Old Frisian biscop 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
- biscop Old English
- bisċop Old English
- Giolla Easpaig Irish
- biskup Old Norse
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- evesque Old French
- episkopo Esperanto
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- bisbe Catalan, Valencian
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- bisscoplijc Middle Dutch
- biscof Old High German
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- episkopo Ido
- epscop Old Irish
- епископ Bulgarian
- peshkop Albanian
- upeshk Albanian
- בישאָף Yiddish
- biskop Old Dutch
- bispo Old Portuguese
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- biskup Slovak
- 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
- piscopo Neapolitan
- escop Old Welsh
- superintendens la-ecc