Where does “karkea” come from?
karkea (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic karkeda, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.
karkea (Finnish): rough; coarse; harsh
Ancestry of “karkea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | karkeda | harsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | karke | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kirika | church |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | — |
Words derived from “karkea”