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Latest comment: 8 years ago by Kolmiel in topic Etymology

Etymology

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The "curse" is likely a later folk etymology. See these references indicating that "Yeshu" was Jesus's name in his native Galilean dialect.

71.66.97.228 07:35, 9 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

The third one is hardly an acceptable source, but yeah, his name was in all likelihood ישוע and that was pronounced without the ayn in a Galilean accent. The imitation of this pronunciation by non-Galilean Jews was probably not intended to be friendly, though. (Much like we would now mock somebody we don't particularly like by imitating his accent.) Kolmiel (talk) 00:16, 16 March 2016 (UTC)Reply