Where does “ချယ်ရီ” come from?
ချယ်ရီ (Burmese) comes from English Cherry, from Middle English chery, from Old English ċiris, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον — pear-tree.
ချယ်ရီ (Burmese): cherry
Ancestry of “ချယ်ရီ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Cherry | someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan,... |
| 2 | Middle English | chery | Alternative form of cheri |
| 3 | Old English | ċiris | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kirsijā | cherry |
| 5 | Latin | ceresia | cherry |
| 6 | Latin | ceresium | — |
| 7 | Latin | cerasium | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κεράσιον | cherry; cherry tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κερασός | bird cherry, "Prunus avium" |
| 10 | Akkadian | ???? | pear-tree |