Where does “kirkkourut” come from?

kirkkourut (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.

kirkkourut (Finnish): church organ

Definitions

  1. church organ

Ancestry of “kirkkourut”, step by step

kirkkourut 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 urut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurutorgan
2Old Swedishorghor
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios