kirika

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”).

Noun

kirika f

church

Descendants

Middle Low German: kirke, kerke, karke
- German Low German: Kark, Kiärke
- Plautdietsch: Kjoakj, Tjoatj
→ Estonian: kirik
→ Finnish: kirkko
- Meänkieli: kirkko
- → Northern Sami: girku (or from Old Norse)
- → Lule Sami: girkko (or from Old Norse)
- → Pite Sami: girrko (or from Old Norse)
- → Southern Sami: gærhkoe (or from Old Norse)
→ Ingrian: kirkko
→ Karelian: kirikkö

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