Where does “kirkegård” come from?
kirkegård (Danish) comes from Old Norse kirkjugarðr, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.
kirkegård (Danish): cemetery, graveyard
Ancestry of “kirkegård”, step by step