English
kirkgarth
Kirkgarth comes from Middle English kyrkgarth ‘a churchyard’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kyrkgarth‘a churchyard’
- Englishtodaykirkgarth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kyrkgarth‘a churchyard’
- Englishtodaykirkgarth
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 *gʰerdʰ- ‘enclosure, fence, belt’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘hedge, fence’
Proto-Germanic *gardaz ‘enclosure’
Old Norse garðr ‘an enclosed space, yard’
Middle English garth ‘a garth’
English garth
Every English word from Middle English kyrkgarth
Today it means
noun A churchyard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English kyrkgarth / kirkgarth