Where does “stavkyrka” come from?
stavkyrka (Swedish) comes from Swedish kyrka, 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.
stavkyrka (Swedish): stave church
Ancestry of “stavkyrka”, step by step