köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ. Doublet of Христо́с (Xristós) and крёст (krjost), the inherited East Slavic form.
köken: Possibly from Proto-Turkic *teŋri (“god; sky, heaven”). If so, Doublet of тәңре (təñre) — see there for more. Compare with Tatar тәре (täre, “pagan deity; Christian icon”), Karachay-Balkar тейри (teyri, “the supreme deity in the local pagan pantheon”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *krьstъ Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ) Bulgarian кръст Inherited from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ), from Proto-Slavic *krьstъ.
Христо́с, Ца́рят Израи́лев, не́ка сле́зе сега́ от кръ́ста, та да ви́дим и повя́рваме. Ху́леха Го и ра́зпнатите с Не́го.
А сам Иоа́н но́сеше дре́ха от ками́лска въ́лна и ко́жен по́яс на кръ́ста си; а храна́та му бе́ше акри́ди и див мед.
cross · misery, hardship; misfortune (by implicit comparison with the crucifixion) · cross (symbol of the Christian faith)
çekim: çoğul krỹžiai · tamlayan krỹžiaus
köken: Borrowed from Old Polish krzyż, borrowed from Old Czech kříž, borrowed from West Slavic *křižь, from West South Slavic *križь, from early South Slavic *kryžь, borrowed from Romance *krọ̄ǯe, from Latin crucem, from Latin crux.
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…