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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kirikā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Koine Greek κυριακὸν (δῶμα) (kuriakòn (dôma), “Lord’s (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). An example of the Greek-to-Germanic progress (possibly via a Latin intermediary) of many Christian words, it probably spread from Christianized Roman centres such as the imperial residence at Trier to the Franks and other West-Germanic-speaking groups from the fourth century onwards. It is unlikely to have been spread by the Goths, who are known to have used the term 𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌺𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌾𐍉 (aikklēsjō).

Noun

*kirikā f[1]

  1. church

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *kirikā
Genitive *kirikōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kirikā *kirikōn
Accusative *kirikōn *kirikōn
Genitive *kirikōn *kirikōnō
Dative *kirikōn *kirikōm, *kirikum
Instrumental *kirikōn *kirikōm, *kirikum

Descendants

References
  1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134: “PWGmc *kirikā”
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