cirice

Old English

Etymology

From North Sea Germanic *kirikǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, 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/

Noun

ċiriċe f

1. church

Declension

Declension of ċiriċe

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċiriċe	ċirican
accusative	ċirican	ċirican
genitive	ċirican	ċiriċena
dative	ċirican	ċiricum

Derived terms

• ċiriclīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: chirche
  • English: church
  • Geordie English: chorch, kirk
  • Scots: kirk
  • Yola: chourch
• → Old Norse: kirkja, kyrkja
  • Icelandic: kirkja
  • Faroese: kirkja
  • Norn: kirka
  • Middle Norwegian: kyrkja, kirkja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyrkja, kyrkje; (dialectal) kirkja, kirkj’, kjørkje, kjærkja, kjèrke, kjérsk’
      • Russenorsk: Kjerka
  • Jamtish: kyrkje
  • Old Swedish: kyrkia, kirkia
    • Swedish: kyrka
  • Old Danish: kyrkiæ, kirkæ
    • Danish: kirke m
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kirke m or f
  • → Northern Middle English: kyrke (or from Old English cirice)
    • Scots: kirk
    • English: kirk