cirice

Old English

Etymology

From late Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ (whence also Old Frisian tzirke, Old Saxon and Old Dutch kirika, Old High German chirihha), from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃirit͡ʃe/

Noun

ċiriċe f

church

Derived terms

ċiriċlīċ

Descendants

Old Norse: kirkja
- Faroese: kirkja
- Icelandic: kirkja
- Danish, Norwegian (bokmål): kirke
  - Nynorsk (dialectal): kyrkje, kyrkja
- Swedish: kyrka
- Finnish: kirkko, Estonian: kirko

Middle English: chirche
- Modern English: church
- Scots: kirk

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