Where does “kirkelig” come from?
kirkelig (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.
kirkelig (Norwegian Bokmål): ecclesiastical, relating to the church
Definitions
- ecclesiastical, relating to the church
Ancestry of “kirkelig”, step by step