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Where does “црькꙑ” come from?

црькꙑ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic cьrky, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.

црькꙑ (Old Church Slavonic): church; temple

Definitions

  1. church; temple

Ancestry of “црькꙑ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviccьrkychurch
2Old High Germankirihha—
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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