kirika

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Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

kirika f

  1. church

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: kirke, kerke, karke
  • → 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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