Where does “Kirsi-Marja” come from?
Kirsi-Marja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kirsi, from Finnish Kirsti, from Finnish Kristiina, from Swedish Kristina, from Latin Christiana, from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός, from Ancient Greek Χριστός — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
Kirsi-Marja (Finnish): cherry berry
Definitions
- cherry berry
Ancestry of “Kirsi-Marja”, step by step
Kirsi-Marja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Kirsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kirsi | ground frost frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter |
| 2 | Finnish | Kirsti | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Kristiina | — |
| 4 | Swedish | Kristina | variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages |
| 5 | Latin | Christiana | nominative feminine singular of Chrīstiānus;... |
| 6 | Latin | Christianus | Christian; a Christian person, a Christian |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Χριστιανός | Christian |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |