Where does “kerke” come from?

kerke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

kerke (Middle Dutch): church

Definitions

  1. church

Ancestry of “kerke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkiricachurch
2Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
3Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
4Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
5Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

Words derived from “kerke

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios
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