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 — lord, master.
kirkegård (Norwegian Bokmål): cemetery, graveyard
Definitions
- cemetery, graveyard
Ancestry of “kirkegård”, step by step
kirkegård traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kirke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kirke | church |
| 2 | Old Norse | kirkja | church |
| 3 | Old English | ċiriċe | church |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via Norwegian Bokmål gård
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gård | farm, estate, land; courtyard |
| 2 | Danish | gård | farm, estate, land; court, courtyard, yard,... |
| 3 | Old Danish | garth | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | garðr | a fence, wall; an enclosed space, yard; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gardaz | enclosure; court, yard; garden |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰórdʰos | hedge, fence, enclosure; hedge, enclosure;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |