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Where does “ciricweg” come from?

ciricweg (Old English) comes from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.

Ancestry of “ciricweg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċiriċechurch
2Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
3Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
4Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
5Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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