biskop
Norwegian Nynorsk
/ˈbɪskʊp/
noun-m1
Definitions
- a bishop church official, head of a diocese
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse biskup (bishop, biskup) 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
- episcopos Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- Fürstbischof German
- епи́скоп Russian
- епископ Russian
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- biskop Norwegian Bokmål
- erkebiskop Norwegian Nynorsk
- fyrstbiskop Norwegian Nynorsk
- fyrste Norwegian Nynorsk
- biscop Old English
- bisċop Old English
- biskup Old Norse
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdómr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskup Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- biskop Danish
- أُسْقُف Arabic
- episkop Serbo-Croatian
- епископ Serbo-Croatian
- biskup Icelandic
- arhiepiscop Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- επίσκοπος Greek (modern)
- եպիսկոպոս Old Armenian
- biskupur Faroese
- епископ Bulgarian
- ეპისკოპოსი Georgian
- епископ Macedonian
- biskoper Old Swedish
- епіскап Belarusian
- vyskupas Lithuanian
- ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ Coptic
- *uskōpā Middle Persian
- אפיסקופא Aramaic
- superintendens la-ecc