klerkur
Icelandic
/ˈkʰlɛr̥kʏr/
noun
Definitions
- clergyman, cleric
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse klerkr derived from Old English clerc (clergyman, learned man) derived from Latin clēricus (one ordained for religious services) derived from Ancient Greek κληρικός (of the clergy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κληρικός
Gloss
of the clergy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Clark English
- cleric English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- κληρικός Ancient Greek
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- clerc Old English
- clerc Middle English
- klerkr Old Norse
- clerc Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- crego Galician
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish