Where does “chirichwīhī” come from?

chirichwīhī (Old High German) comes from Old High German chirihha, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios — lord, master.

Ancestry of “chirichwīhī”, step by step

chirichwīhī traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German chirihha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanchirihhachurch
2Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
3Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
4Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
5Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Old High German wīhī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwīhīconsecration

Words derived from “chirichwīhī”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →