Where does “kirkesamfunn” come from?

kirkesamfunn (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.

kirkesamfunn (Norwegian Bokmål): a (religious) denomination

Definitions

  1. a (religious) denomination

Ancestry of “kirkesamfunn”, step by step

kirkesamfunn 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 samfunn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsamfunnsociety; community
2Old Norsesamfundrgathering
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →