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Paul Sampson (paul.sampson@octacon.co.uk) wrote:

: >It's always a good idea to consult a dictionary.  They have them in
: >bookstores and libraries. :-)

: >From the American Heritage dictionary.... IE roots with the etymology.

: >deiw-. Important derivatives are: Tuesday, deity, divine, jovial, July,
: >Jupiter, Zeus, dial, diary, dismal, journey, psychedelic.

: You forgot 'Jesus'.

Jesus is a transcription from the Original Hebrew name.
Originally called Yeshua  - in modern Hebrew Yeshu.
This transcribes to Latin as Iesu, and like many other words from Hebrew
(Yerushalaim -Jerusalem, Yehovah - Jehova) the I changed to J.
Uri Bruck
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