Where does “kerspel” come from?
kerspel (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch kerke, from Old Dutch kirica, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.
Ancestry of “kerspel”, step by step
kerspel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch kerke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | kerke | church |
| 2 | Old Dutch | kirica | church |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via Middle Dutch spellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | spellen | to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to... |
| 2 | Old Dutch | spellon | to explain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spellōną | to talk, tell, recount |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spellą | news, message; tale, story |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |