Where does “kirkkoreki” come from?

kirkkoreki (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.

kirkkoreki (Finnish): sleigh used to go to church

Definitions

  1. sleigh used to go to church

Ancestry of “kirkkoreki”, step by step

kirkkoreki 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 reki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishrekiA relatively large sledge or sleigh equipped with...
2Proto-Finnicrekisledge, sleigh
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →