Reconstruction:Latin/biscopu

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

biscopo (Britain), *ebiscopu, *ebiscopo

Etymology

From earlier episcopus, which is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bis.ko.pʊ/

Noun

*biscopu

(Christianity) bishop

Descendants

→ Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ) (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Dutch: biskop
- Middle Dutch: bischop
  - Dutch: bisschop (see there for further descendants)
→ Old English: bisċop, bisċeop
- Middle English: bischop, bisschop, bisshop, byschop, bishup, busshop, bushop, busschop, bysshop, bissop, biscop, bisscopp
  - English: bishop (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: bishop
- → Old Norse: biskup
  - Icelandic: biskup
  - Faroese: biskupur
  - Norwegian Bokmål: biskop, bisp
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: biskop, bisp
  - Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
    - Swedish: biskop
    - → Finnish: piispa
  - Danish: biskop
→ Old Frisian: biskop
- Saterland Frisian: Biskop
- West Frisian: biskop
→ Old High German: biscof (see there for further descendants)