Where does “kirkkoruhtinas” come from?
kirkkoruhtinas (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.
kirkkoruhtinas (Finnish): high priest, a powerful member of the clergy
Definitions
- high priest, a powerful member of the clergy
Ancestry of “kirkkoruhtinas”, step by step
kirkkoruhtinas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.