Where does “Grabeskirche” come from?

Grabeskirche (German) comes from German kirche, from Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

Grabeskirche (German): The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Definitions

  1. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Ancestry of “Grabeskirche”, step by step

Grabeskirche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kirche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankirchechurch building
2Middle High Germankirchechurch
3Old High Germankirihhachurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via German grab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrabgrave
2Middle High Germangrapgrave
3Old High Germangrapgrave; tomb
4Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →