Where does “keskeiskirkko” come from?

keskeiskirkko (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.

keskeiskirkko (Finnish): a church designed to be symmetric around a center

Definitions

  1. a church designed to be symmetric around a center

Ancestry of “keskeiskirkko”, step by step

keskeiskirkko 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 keskeinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskeinencentral; pivotal, central, crucial
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúriosEvery word from Ancient Greek ΚύριοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν
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