Where does “kirkeverge” come from?

kirkeverge (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.

kirkeverge (Norwegian Bokmål): a churchwarden

Definitions

  1. a churchwarden

Ancestry of “kirkeverge”, step by step

kirkeverge 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 verge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvergeto protect
2Old Norseverjato defend; thwart; defense
3Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →