Where does “Dunkirk” come from?
Dunkirk comes from Dutch Duinkerke, composed of duin (dune) and kerk from Middle Dutch kerke, Old Dutch kirica, Proto-West Germanic kirikā, Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakon, of the lord), derived from κύριος (kurios, lord).
Ancestry of “Dunkirk”, step by step
Words derived from “Dunkirk”