Re: [tied] Cyriaca

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 7089
Date: 2001-04-13

I forgot to comment on the feminine gender of the term. It possibly reflects Greek *<(oikia) kuriake:> "the Lord's house", with <oikia> (f.) elliptically dropped. The weak declension of the Germanic word is normal in a substantivised adjective.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Cyriaca

... The Germanic forms go back to something like *kiri:k-o:n- ~ -jo:n- (Gk. u was a front vowel) with weak f. endings (OE cirice ~ cyrce, OHG chirĂ®hha, OS kirika, ON kirkja > Northern English kirk).