churchwards

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁ryós
3. Proto-Hellenic*kúrios
4. Ancient Greekκῡ́ριος (kū́rios)
5. Koine Greekκῡριακός (kūriakós)
6. Koine Greekκῡρῐᾰκόν (kūrĭăkón)
7. Proto-West Germanic*kirikā
8. Old Englishċiriċe
9. Middle Englishchirche
10. Englishchurch
11. English todaychurchwards

From church + -wards.