Where does “kastekirkko” come from?

kastekirkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirkko, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

kastekirkko (Finnish): baptistry

Definitions

  1. baptistry

Ancestry of “kastekirkko”, step by step

kastekirkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirkko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirkkochurch; cathedral
2Old Saxonkirikachurch
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Finnish kaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkastedew; baptism, christening
2Proto-Finnickastekdew
3Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
4Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
5Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →