köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Doublet of Христо́с (Xristós) and крёст (krjost), the inherited East Slavic form.
cross (geometrical figure) · cross, crucifix (cross on which one is crucified; usually refers to the one upon which Jesus Christ died) · cross (difficult situation that must be endured)
çekim: çoğul σταυροί · tamlayan σταυρού
köken: From Ancient Greek σταυρός (staurós), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).
köken: From Proto-Finnic *risti, borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ, “cross”). Further etymology * Further from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ, from Old High German Krist, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”, literally “anointed”), thus distantly related to Kristus. * In Finnic, cognate with Estonian rist, Ingrian risti, Ingrian risti, Karelian risti, Livonian rišt, Livvi rista, Ludian rist,…
cross (wooden post with attached beam used to execute criminals by crucifixion) · suffering, hardship; nuisance (by implicit comparison with the crucifixion) · cross (main symbol of the Christian religion, in the shape of the instrument used to execute Jesus)
çekim: çoğul krusti · tamlayan krusta
köken: Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ) (compare Russian крест (krest)) (from Old High German Christ (“Christ”)), which regularly yielded Latvian dialectal krists. The u of the standard Latvian form krusts, however, is not obviously explainable. There are several theories: contamination of Latin crux (“cross”) and Christus (words that Latvians would often hear in Latin in church), influence…