PASSOVER vs EASTER

 

Passover in Major Languages 

• Hebrew: Pesach (פֶּסַח) — meaning "to pass over" or "to spare".
• Greek: Πάσχα (Pascha)
• Aramaic: Pascha (פִּסְחָא) — the source for many other languages' terms.

• German: Passahfest, Passa
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• English: Passover

• Spanish: Pascua or Pascua Judía (Jewish Passover).
• French: La Pâque (singular) or Pâque juive.
• Italian: Pasqua ebraica.
• Portuguese: Páscoa judaica.
• Russian: Pesakh (Песах) or Paskha (Пасха).
• Arabic: Eid al-Fis-h (عيد الفصح) — often used for both Easter and Passover. 祭). 
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Easter is named Ostern in German and Easter in English, both likely rooted in Germanic spring/dawn goddess traditions, while Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic use terms derived from Passover (Pesach). Specifically, the festival is Πάσχα (Pascha) in Greek, פסח (Pesach) in Hebrew, and פסחא (Pascha/Paskha) in Aramaic, emphasizing the resurrection's link to the biblical Passover. 

Here is the breakdown by language: 

• English: Easter (likely from Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre).
• German: Ostern (likely from Germanic goddess Ostara or dawn).

• Greek: Πάσχα (Pascha).
• Hebrew: פֶּסַח (Pesach/Passover).
• Aramaic: פסחא (Pascha/Paskha). 

Note: While English and German use a unique name, most other European languages, including Romance and Scandinavian languages, use derivatives of the Greek/Aramaic "Pascha".