Where does “*ku̇r” come from?

*ku̇r (Proto-Permic) 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.

*ku̇r (Proto-Permic): cliff

Definitions

  1. cliff

Ancestry of “*ku̇r”, step by step

*ku̇r 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-Uralic kojera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralickojeramale animal
2Proto-Uralickojemale; dawn

Words derived from “*ku̇r”

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