Message: "Iscah or Yiscah :-)"

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[Opinions] Iscah or Yiscah :-)

by Miranda (Randee15)

1/15/2006, 2:49 PM

As I said in my own post, Jesca was the Elizabethan form of the original Biblical name (probably partially via I -> J switching, also seen in such names as Iason -> Jason and Iakobos -> Jacob), and Jessica's simply an elaboration of that.

I used to theorise that Jessica could be a combo of Iscah and Jesse, but was proven wrong upon further research. Shakespeare probably actually combined Jesca and the original Iscah to arrive at Jessica.

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- Jacks (Schuyler) +1

1/15/2006, 5:58 PM

Thanks, I can always count on you

Jacks

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- Miranda (Randee15)

1/15/2006, 6:24 PM

Hehe, you're welcome! :-)

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