cirice
Old English
Etymology
From North Sea Germanic *kirikǣ, from West Germanic *kirikā, from late Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “the Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). Cognate with Old Frisian tzirke, Old Dutch and Old Saxon kirika, Old High German chirihha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ri.t͡ʃe/
Declension
Declension of cirice
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ċiriċe | ċirican |
accusative | ċirican | ċirican |
genitive | ċirican | ċiriċena |
dative | ċirican | ċiricum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: chirche, chirch, cherche, cherch, circe, kyrk, kirke, churche, chyrche, chyrch, chireche, church
- → Old Norse: kirkja, kyrkja
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