Where does “kark” come from?

kark (Polish) comes 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.

kark (Polish): nape

Definitions

  1. nape

Ancestry of “kark”, step by step

kark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic karke

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

via Proto-Slavic kъrkъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickъrkъneck
2Proto-Balto-Slavickurkas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥kos—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “kark”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →