• The modern Greek word "ανατολή" (a-na-to-LEE) ≈ "east" which is related to the rising of the sun in the east.
• The modern Greek word "βόρειος" (VO-ree-os) ≈ "north".
• The modern Greek word "ανατολή" (a-na-to-LEE) ≈ "east, sunrise, dawn".

The ancient Greek word "δύο" ≈ "two". The ancient Greek word "δύσις" ≈ "setting of sun, west, hiding place" and comes from the ancient Greek word "δύω" ≈ "cause to sink, plunge". The vocative is "δῠ́σῐ" ≈ "sunset, west".

• The Russian word "восток" (vo-stok) ≈ "east".
• The German word "Ost" ≈ "east" from which comes the word "Easter".
• The German word "Ostern" ≈ "Easter".
• The Spanish word "este" ≈ "east".
• The Latin word "orientem" ≈ "East" from which we get the word "orient". The Orient as the Far East is named as that is the direction in which maps were "oriented" - towards the east.
• The modern Greek word "ανατολή" (a-na-to-LEE) ≈ "east" which is related to the rising of the sun in the east.

Note that the Russian prefix "в" is also a standalone prepositional word that means "to" or "towards". The English word "east" and German "Ost" which is the same sound as the Russian word. Both are cognate with the Russian word for "east".

The Luther German uses "Morgenland", which literally means "morning land", for "east".

A historical Linguistic is that a hard Germanic "g" often changes to a softer English "y" sound and then often disappears. An example is German "Morgan" to intermediate form "morying" to "morning".

More: Germanic g to English y

The wise men, being Magi, came from the "east", being from the old Persian Empire that was taken over by the Parthians. Six hundred years earlier, Daniel had been appointed chief of the Magi. Herodotus records facts about the Magi in Babylon as part of the Meade-Persian empire. The Magi "saw his star in the east".

• John saw Mary with the telescope.

Who had the telescope, John or Mary?

The "east" at Christmas brings to mind the song, "We three kings of orient are".

The Greek word «ανατειλη» for "arise" is related to the Greek word «ανατολη» which means "east".

The rising sun is in the east. We orient our maps to the north, but originally maps were oriented to the east, thereby China being referred to as the "Orient". The modern Greek word for "dawn" as «αυγά» and "egg" as «αυγό» are related. Pagans worshiped the sun as in the "golden egg of Astarte". In the Old Testament, this is "Astorith".

• The English word is "east".
• The German word is "Ost".

We get the words for Easter from the rising sun in the east. In German it is "Ostern". With pagan fertility rites represented as eggs and rabbits, we get the concept of Easter bunnies and Easter eggs.

The modern Greek word "Πάσχα" (PA-skha) ≈ "Easter", is in "The Passover".

The modern Greek word "καλησπέρα" (ka-lee-SPEH-ra) ≈ "good evening" comes from Greek words for "good" and "evening" the ancient Greek word "ἕσπερος" ≈ "evening".

The English word "vespers" is from the PIE (Proto Indo-European) root "*WEKSPEROS" ≈ "evening" as in "stretching towards the evening".

The ancient Greek word "ἕσπερος" ≈ "evening" which has a connotation of "west" is in the setting sun.

The modern Greek word "εσπέρα" (eh-SPEH-ra) ≈ "evening".

Hercules in his 11th labor had to obtain the Apples of Esperides or Hesperides, guarded by a dragon named Ladon and the nymphs called the Hesperides.

Hesperus was related to Venus as the "evening star".

The Latin word "vesper" ≈ "evening" and is the source of the English word "vesper" is a service in the evening rather than the morning.

• The French word "ouest" ≈ "west".
• The Spanish word "oeste" ≈ "west"
• The Portuguese word "oeste" ≈ "west"

The English word "west" is related to "evening" as in "vespers".

• The Middle English word "west" ≈ "west".
• The Old English word "west" ≈ "west".
• The German word "West" ≈ "west".

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The Old Church Slavonic word "вечеръ" ≈ "evening". The Russian word "вечер" (ve-sher) ≈ "evening".