Where does “kyrke” come from?
kyrke (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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.
kyrke (Norwegian Nynorsk): to strangle
Ancestry of “kyrke”, step by step
Words derived from “kyrke”