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Where does “kirkmaister” come from?

kirkmaister (English) comes from English Kirk, from Norwegian Nynorsk kyrke, 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.

kirkmaister (English): A churchwarden

Definitions

  1. A churchwarden

Ancestry of “kirkmaister”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKirksurname
2Norwegian Nynorskkyrketo strangle
3Old Norsekirkjachurch
4Old Englishċiriċechurch
5Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
6Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
7Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
8Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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