Where does “kirke” come from?

kirke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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.

kirke (Norwegian Bokmål): church

Definitions

  1. church

Ancestry of “kirke”, step by step

kirke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse kirkja

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

via Latin Pater Ecclēsiae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPater Ecclēsiae—

Words derived from “kirke”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →