kirika

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
  • 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