Where does “kirkko” come from?

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

kirkko (Finnish): church; cathedral

Definitions

  1. church; cathedral

Ancestry of “kirkko”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kirkko

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios