Etymograph

English

Mikel

Mikel comes from Basque Mikel, and goes back to Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmīḵāʾēl
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichael
  4. BasquemodernMikel
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2011same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEמִיכָאֵלmīḵāʾēl
  2. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEΜῐχᾱήλMĭkhāḗl
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMichael
  4. BasquemodernMikel
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2011same form

Earliest quotation: 2011, Aled Williams, Chelsea 4 - 1 Swansea: “Chelsea made two changes to the side that lost…”

Today it means

name A male given name from Basque, equivalent to English Michael.

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

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל / Mikel