בישאָף
Yiddish
noun
Definitions
- bishop church official, supervisor of priests and congregations
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bischof inherited from Old High German biscof (bishop) derived from Latin episcopus (overseer, supervisor, bishop).
Origin
Latin
episcopus
Gloss
overseer, supervisor, bishop
Kanji
督
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biscopus Latin
- episcopalis Latin
- episcopatus Latin
- episcopus Latin
- episcopālis Latin
- Bischof German
- Bischofssitz German
- Bischofsstab German
- Bischöfin German
- Erzbischof German
- bischöflich German
- püspök Hungarian
- episcopo Italian
- vescovo Italian
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- epíscopo Portuguese
- biscop Old English
- bisċop Old English
- Giolla Easpaig Irish
- biskup Old Norse
- evesque Old French
- episkopo Esperanto
- bisbe Catalan, Valencian
- bisscoplijc Middle Dutch
- biscof Old High German
- episkopo Ido
- epscop Old Irish
- bischof Middle High German
- Bëschof Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- peshkop Albanian
- upeshk Albanian
- בישוף Hebrew (modern)
- biskop Old Dutch
- bispo Old Portuguese
- bissof Cimbrian
- biskup Slovak
- bisp Old Swedish
- бискоупъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vescul Friulian
- biscop Old Frisian
- eskob Breton
- pascu Dalmatian
- piscopo Neapolitan
- escop Old Welsh