Where does “kirkja” come from?
kirkja (Faroese) comes 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.
kirkja (Faroese): church
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Words derived from “kirkja”