The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσύντεκνος
- Hebrew · derived fromסַנְדָּק
- Yiddish · derived fromסנדק
- English todaysandek
From Yiddish סנדק (sandek), from Hebrew סַנְדָּק (sandák), most likely from Ancient Greek σύντεκνος (súnteknos, literally “companion of child”), from συν- (sun-) + τέκνον (téknon).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.