wṯʕ / Semitic roots

a. (i) Joshua, from Hebrew yəhôšûaʕ, Yahweh (is) salvation, from *šûaʕ, salvation. Alternatively, "Yahweh (is) lord" (šûaʕ, salvation; see ṯwʕ); (ii) Jesus, from Hebrew yēšûaʕ, short for yəhôšûaʕ, Joshua (see above);;

b. Elisha, from Hebrew ʔĕlîšāʕ, God (is) salvation, from *yāšāʕ, salvation (exact form uncertain; related to yēšaʕ, salvation, see below; ʔĕl, God, see ʔl). Both a and b from *yāšaʕ, to save (< *waṯaʕa);;

c. (i) Hosanna, from Hebrew hôšaʕ-nāʔ, from hôšaʕ, deliver, save, imperative of hôšîaʕ, to deliver, save (< *hawṯiʕa), derived stem of *yāšaʕ (see above; nāʔ, injunctive particle);; (ii) Hosea, from Hebrew hôšēaʕ, salvation, from hôšîaʕ (see above)...