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Where does “cirkev” come from?

cirkev (Slovak) comes from Old Czech [[crkev]], [[cierkev]], 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.

cirkev (Slovak): church

Definitions

  1. church

Ancestry of “cirkev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech[[crkev]], [[cierkev]]—
2Proto-Slaviccьrkychurch
3Old High Germankirihha—
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrios—
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