Etymograph

English

Hanukkah

Hanukkah comes from Hebrew חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה ‘dedication, consecration’, and goes back to חָנַךְ.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentחָנַךְkhanákh‘to dedicate, to consecrate’
  2. Hebrew, derived1880s–presentחנוכה / חֲנֻכָּהkhanuká‘dedication, consecration’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012Hanukkah

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentחָנַךְkhanákh‘to dedicate, to consecrate’
  2. Hebrew, derived1880s–presentחנוכה / חֲנֻכָּהkhanuká‘dedication, consecration’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2012Hanukkah

Earliest quotation: 2012, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowi, Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushe: “Rebecca and Roni Kopelman have been celebrating Christmas and…”

The story

Originated 1890–95.

Every English word from Hebrew חָנַךְ

Today it means

name An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew חָנַךְ / Hanukkah

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