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Where does “karkeus” come from?

karkeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkea, 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.

karkeus (Finnish): roughness, coarseness; grit; vulgarity

Definitions

  1. roughness, coarseness; grit; vulgarity

Ancestry of “karkeus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkearough; coarse; harsh
2Proto-Finnickarkedaharsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp
3Proto-Uralickarke—
4Old Saxonkirikachurch
5Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
6Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
7Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
8Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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