Where does “kirkelig” come from?

kirkelig (Danish) comes from Danish kirke, 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 — lord, master.

kirkelig (Danish): ecclesiastical, relating to the church

Definitions

  1. ecclesiastical, relating to the church

Ancestry of “kirkelig”, step by step

kirkelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kirke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkirkechurch
2Old Norsekirkjachurch
3Old Englishċiriċechurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Danish lig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
2Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
3Middle Low Germanlīk—
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “kirkelig”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →