Where does “Kirkjubær” come from?

Kirkjubær (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kirkja, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

Kirkjubær (Icelandic): The name of several settlements in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway

Definitions

  1. The name of several settlements in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway

Ancestry of “Kirkjubær”, step by step

Kirkjubær traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic kirkja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickirkjachurch
2Old Norsekirkjachurch
3Old Englishċiriċechurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Icelandic bær

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbærfarm; town
2Old Norsebǿrfarm; town
3Old Norsebúato reside; to prepare; to dress, decorate
4Proto-Germanicbūanąto dwell, reside
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →