Where does “kirkkopitäjä” come from?

kirkkopitäjä (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.

kirkkopitäjä (Finnish): (ecclesiastical) parish; regional subdivision centered around a church abolished in Finland in 1865

Definitions

  1. (ecclesiastical) parish; regional subdivision centered around a church abolished in Finland in 1865

Ancestry of “kirkkopitäjä”, step by step

kirkkopitäjä 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 pitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäjärural municipality; holder; keeper
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →