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by vesinisa 805 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_forms_in_place...

According to this "kirk" is Old Norse (i.e. Viking) in origin. It's the same Germanic root as modern English church.

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Kirke in modern Norwegian.

Scottish include quite a few other Norse forms. E.g. "bairn" (child), vs "barn" in Norwegian.