Where does “Kjoakjhoff” come from?
Kjoakjhoff (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Kjoakj, 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 — lord, master.
Kjoakjhoff (Plautdietsch): cemetery, graveyard
Definitions
- cemetery, graveyard
Ancestry of “Kjoakjhoff”, step by step
Kjoakjhoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Kjoakj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Kjoakj | church |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | karke | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kirika | church |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | lord, master |
via Plautdietsch Hoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Hoff | yard, courtyard; court |
| 2 | Old Saxon | hof | dwelling, hovel, house; court, hall; a hoof |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hof | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hufą | hill, elevated place; house, hall, estate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keup- | to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keu- | bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright |