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Where does “kyrkia” come from?

kyrkia (Old Swedish) 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.

Ancestry of “kyrkia”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kyrkia”

  • kyrka
  • frikyrka
  • medeltidskyrka
  • kyrkbänk
  • östkyrka
  • kyrkogård
  • kyrkoherde
  • träkyrka
  • stenkyrka
  • domkapitel
  • ödekyrka
  • kyrkklocka
  • domkyrka
  • stavkyrka
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