Where does “kyrka” come from?
kyrka (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish kyrkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English ċiriċe, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.
kyrka (Swedish): a church
Ancestry of “kyrka”, step by step
Words derived from “kyrka”