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Where does “kirkjugarðr” come from?

kirkjugarðr (Old Norse) 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.

kirkjugarðr (Old Norse): cemetery

Definitions

  1. cemetery

Ancestry of “kirkjugarðr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekirkjachurch
2Old Englishċiriċechurch
3Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
4Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
5Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
6Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—

Words derived from “kirkjugarðr”

  • kirkegård
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