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Where does “kirkegård” come from?

kirkegård (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.

kirkegård (Norwegian Bokmål): cemetery, graveyard

Definitions

  1. cemetery, graveyard

Ancestry of “kirkegård”, step by step

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