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Where does “kirihha” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kirihha”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kirihha”

  • Kaerichhof
  • Kaerich
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →