The story
- Old English · inherited fromċiriċe“church”
- English todayKirkwood
From Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + wudu (“wood”), equivalent to kirk + wood.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishċiriċe all →
churchKirkhamKirtonCheritonKirkupWoodkirk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.