Seumas
Gaelic (Scots)
/ʃeːməs̪/
proper noun
Etymology
Borrowed from English James derived from Middle English James derived from Old French James derived from Latin Iacomus, Iacobus derived from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ derived from Hebrew (modern) יַעֲקֹב (heel-grabber, Jacob).
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
יַעֲקֹב
Gloss
heel-grabber, Jacob
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Jacob English
- James English
- Jamesian English
- Jameson English
- Jamester English
- Jamestown English
- jamesite English
- Iacob Latin
- Iacobus Latin
- Iacomus Latin
- Iācōbus Latin
- Jakobus German
- Jacob Spanish, Castilian
- Jaime Spanish, Castilian
- Ἰάκωβος Ancient Greek
- Ἰακώβ Ancient Greek
- James Swedish
- ジェームス Japanese
- James Middle English
- Séamas Irish
- James Danish
- يَعْقُوب Arabic
- James Old French
- Jaume Catalan, Valencian
- James Cebuano
- jacob Middle Dutch
- Յակոբ Old Armenian
- Iacób Old Irish
- Sheumais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Giacôbê Vietnamese
- יעקבֿ Yiddish
- יַעֲקֹב Hebrew (modern)
- יעקב Hebrew (modern)
- 詹姆斯 Chinese
- Jacum Friulian
- *Giacubu Sicilian
- יַעֲקֹב hbo
- Semisi Tongan (Tonga Islands)