English
Nisan
Nisan comes from Akkadian nisannum, and goes back to Sumerian nesag̃.
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEnesag̃transliteratedcuneiform nesag̃, a transliteration
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEnisannumtransliteratedcuneiform nisannum, a transliteration
- Hebrew1880s–presentנִיסָןnisán
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Nisan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sumerianc. 3100–1800 BCEnesag̃transliteratedcuneiform nesag̃, a transliteration
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEnisannumtransliteratedcuneiform nisannum, a transliteration
- Hebrew1880s–presentנִיסָןnisán
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Nisan
Earliest quotation: 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union: “Micky Vayner shrugged; as far as he knew, it…”
Every English word from Sumerian nesag̃
Today it means
name The seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sumerian nesag̃ / Nisan