Where does “це́рковь” come from?
це́рковь (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic цьркꙑ, from Proto-Slavic cьrky, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.
це́рковь (Russian): church
Ancestry of “це́рковь”, step by step
Words derived from “це́рковь”