English
Kirkland
From kirk + land or Kirk + land.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
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Proto-West Germanic *kirikā
Old English ċiriċe ‘church’
Old Norse kirkja ‘church’
Northern Middle English kirke ‘a church’
English kirk
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’
Old English land
Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’
English land
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kirkland