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Where does “guarrga” come from?

guarrga (Pite Sami) comes from Proto-Samic kuorkë, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.

guarrga (Pite Sami): crane

Definitions

  1. crane

Ancestry of “guarrga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samickuorkëcrane
2Proto-Uralickarke—
3Old Saxonkirikachurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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