Etymograph

English

Shadrach

Shadrach comes from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh ‘visible’, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás ‘bright, clear, shining’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ‘to shine, glow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyt-‘to shine, glow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kit-ró-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čitrás‘bright, clear, shining’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*čiθráh‘visible’reconstructed
  5. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשדרךšdrk
  6. EnglishtodayShadrach

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyt-‘to shine, glow’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kit-ró-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*čitrás‘bright, clear, shining’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Iranianprehistoric (reconstructed)*čiθráh‘visible’reconstructed
  5. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEשדרךšdrk
  6. EnglishtodayShadrach

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás ‘bright, clear, shining’

cheetah, 1 more

Today it means

name Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keyt- / Shadrach

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