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Where does “Kirkjubøur” come from?

Kirkjubøur (Faroese) comes from Faroese kirkja, 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.

Ancestry of “Kirkjubøur”, step by step

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