prestur
Icelandic
/ˈpʰrɛstʏr/
noun
Definitions
- priest, minister
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse prestr (priest) derived from Old English prēost (priest) derived from Latin presbyter (elder, priest) derived 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
- præst Danish
- prestre Old French
- presbitero Esperanto
- prezbiter Serbo-Croatian
- презбитер Serbo-Croatian
- prestastefna Icelandic
- stefna Icelandic
- sókn Icelandic
- sóknarprestur Icelandic
- arcipreste Galician
- priester Middle Dutch
- prestur Faroese
- prēstar Old Saxon
- preire Occitan
- præster Old Swedish
- priast Dalmatian
- primter Old Welsh
- prét Emilian
- prît Emilian
- prester Middle Norwegian
- prit Romagnol