Eeeeh almost, most germanic languages have a very similar word but "church" is only "kirk" in some specific areas.
The actual root would be kirikā from proto-west germanic.
In modern swedish it's "kyrka", pronounced roughly /shir-ka/
Eeeeh almost, most germanic languages have a very similar word but "church" is only "kirk" in some specific areas.
The actual root would be kirikā from proto-west germanic.
In modern swedish it's "kyrka", pronounced roughly /shir-ka/