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

  1. cemetery, graveyard

Ancestry of “Kjoakjhoff”, step by step

Kjoakjhoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Kjoakj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjoakjchurch
2Proto-Uralickarke
3Old Saxonkirikachurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Plautdietsch Hoff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoffyard, courtyard; court
2Old Saxonhofdwelling, hovel, house; court, hall; a hoof
3Proto-Germanic*hof
4Proto-Germanichufąhill, elevated place; house, hall, estate
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeup-to arch, bend, buckle; a hollow
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeu-bend; vault, hole; to shine; light; bright
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúriosEvery word from Ancient Greek ΚύριοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν
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