jessus etymology

Finnish word jessus comes from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, and later Latin Iesus (Jesus.)

Detailed word origin of jessus

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Hebrew (heb)
ישוע Hebrew (heb) (archaic) Jeshua; A male given name... (modern Christian liturgical Hebrew) Jesus.
יֵשׁוּעַ Ancient Hebrew (hbo)
יֵשׁוּעַ Hebrew (heb)
Ἰησοῦς Ancient Greek (grc)
Iesus Latin (lat) Jesus.
Jeesus Finnish (fin) Jesus.
jessus Finnish (fin) Jesus! (exclamation).