kyrk

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκυριακόν
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kirikā
3. Old English · borrowed fromċiriċe“church”
4. Old Norse · borrowed fromkirkja
5. Northern Middle English · inherited fromkyrk
6. English todaykyrk

From Northern Middle English kyrk, kyrke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

Words from the same roots