Where does “Kirchenlied” come from?
Kirchenlied (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.
Kirchenlied (German): church song, hymn
Definitions
- church song, hymn
Ancestry of “Kirchenlied”, step by step
Kirchenlied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kirche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kirche | church building |
| 2 | Middle High German | kirche | church |
| 3 | Old High German | kirihha | church |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via German lied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lied | song musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |