Re: [tied] some terms for George ( it was Re: Historical ...)

16-06-03 12:53, tgpedersen wrote:

> ODS says 'kirke' is borrowed from OE, so that seems OK (Denmark was
partly christianised from England). But what the heck would pagan
Germani need a church for?

Looting? :-))

And if the word passed through Gothic, why
doesn't it occur, of all places, in the Bible?

In the Bible, the word 'church' refers to a community, not to a building. Where modern translations use <church> (e.g. Cor.14:23: "If therefore the whole church be come together into one place...") Wulfila used <aíkklesjo> [ekkle:sjo:]. We have no direct evidence as to what word Gothic had for 'church' as a Christian temple ('temple' in general was <gudhu:s>, which may be <oikia kurike:> calqued into Gothic).

Piotr