Where does “kirkonisäntä” come from?

kirkonisäntä (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.

kirkonisäntä (Finnish): churchwarden

Definitions

churchwarden

Ancestry of “kirkonisäntä”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	kirkko	church; cathedral
2	Old Saxon	kirika	church
3	Proto-West Germanic	kirikā	church
4	Ancient Greek	κυριακόν	church
5	Ancient Greek	Κύριος	Lord
6	Proto-Hellenic	*kúrios	—

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