Etymograph

English

Jericho

Jericho comes from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ, and goes back to Ugaritic yrḫ.

  1. Ugariticmodernyrḫtransliteratedoriginal script yrḫ, a transliteration
  2. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיְרִיחוֹyərīḥō
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸερῑχώIerīkhṓ
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIerīchō
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150Iericho
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. EnglishtodayJericho

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ugariticmodernyrḫtransliteratedoriginal script yrḫ, a transliteration
  2. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEיְרִיחוֹyərīḥō
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἸερῑχώIerīkhṓ
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEIerīchō
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150Iericho
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  7. EnglishtodayJericho

The story

Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

Every English word from Ugaritic yrḫ

Today it means

name A city in the West Bank, Palestine.

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

Etymograph / Ugaritic yrḫ / Jericho

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