Town & work

church

Source:*cьrkyProto-Slavic · “church (an early loan from Germanic)”certain

West Slavic Christianity came through Latin, so Polish and Czech call a church a 'little fort' (castellum).

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English

church

Polish

kościół

ˈkɔɕtɕuw

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
це́рковьcerkovʹ
ˈtsɛrkəfʲinherited
Ukrainian
це́ркваcerkva
ˈtsɛrkʋainherited
Polish
kościół
ˈkɔɕtɕuwdifferent word · Latin castellum 'fort', via Czech
Czech
kostel
ˈkostɛldifferent word · Latin castellum 'fort', via Czech
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
crkvaцрква
ˈtsr̩kvainherited
English
church
English shares this source: church — Both go back, through Germanic, to Greek kȳriakón '(house) of the Lord'.