1638: Easter and Pesach Jun 9, 2019

As discussed before, 'Easter' and 'Pesach' don't have etymological relations, but this is not true of the words for Easter in every language. In Greek, for instance, Pascha (Πάσχα) comes from the Aramaic 'Paskha' (פסחא), which itself comes from the Hebrew word that is Pesach. However, 'Easter' is thought to have come about lexically from the Germanic goddess 'Ēostre', but the only source that attests this is from St. Bede. Reconstructionist work of other Germanic languages have bolstered these claims, but it is still somewhat in question.