Etymology

Nebuchadnezzar

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Today it means: A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר ← Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀
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The story

  1. Akkadian · derived from𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀“Nabu protect my heir”
  2. Biblical Hebrew · learned borrowing fromנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר
  3. English todayNebuchadnezzar

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “Nabu protect my heir”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.