Where does “kirkebenk” come from?

kirkebenk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kirke, 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.

kirkebenk (Norwegian Bokmål): a pew in a church

Definitions

  1. a pew in a church

Ancestry of “kirkebenk”, step by step

kirkebenk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kirke

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

via Norwegian Bokmål benk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbenka bench
2Old East Norsebenkr—
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →