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Where does “kirsuber” come from?

kirsuber (Faroese) comes from Danish kirsebær, from Middle Low German kersebere, from Middle Low German kerse, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον — pear-tree.

kirsuber (Faroese): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “kirsuber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkirsebæra cherry; a cherry tree
2Middle Low Germankersebere—
3Middle Low Germankersecherry
4Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
5Latinceresiacherry
6Latinceresium—
7Latincerasium—
8Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
9Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
10Akkadian????pear-tree

Words derived from “kirsuber”

  • kirsuberjatræ
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