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Where does “kirkgarth” come from?

kirkgarth (English) comes from English kirk, 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.

kirkgarth (English): A churchyard

Definitions

  1. A churchyard

Ancestry of “kirkgarth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkirka church
2Old Norsekirkjachurch
3Old Englishċiriċechurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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