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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Borrowed from Koine Greek κυριακὸν (δῶμα) (kuriakòn (dôma), “Lord’s (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). An example of the Greek-to-Germanic progress (possibly via a Latin intermediary) of many Christian words, it probably spread from Christianized Roman centres such as the imperial residence at Trier to the Franks and other West-Germanic-speaking groups from the fourth century onwards. It is unlikely to have been spread by the Goths, who are known to have used the term 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉 (aikklēsjō).
Noun
*kirikā f
- (Christianity) church
Inflection
ōn-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*kirikā
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Genitive
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*kirikōn
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*kirikā
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*kirikōn
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Accusative
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*kirikōn
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*kirikōn
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Genitive
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*kirikōn
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*kirikōnō
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Dative
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*kirikōn
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*kirikōm, *kirikum
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Instrumental
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*kirikōn
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*kirikōm, *kirikum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134: “PWGmc *kirikā”