Where does “japaninkirsikka” come from?

japaninkirsikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirsikka, from Old Swedish 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 — pear-tree.

japaninkirsikka (Finnish): Japanese cherry

Definitions

  1. Japanese cherry

Ancestry of “japaninkirsikka”, step by step

japaninkirsikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirsikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirsikkacherry
2Old Swedishkirsebær
3Middle Low Germankersebere
4Middle Low Germankersecherry
5Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
6Latinceresiacherry
7Latinceresium
8Latincerasiumcherry, fruit of the cherry tree
9Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
10Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
11Akkadian????pear-tree

via Finnish japani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishjapaniJapanese language
2GermanJapan
3DutchJapan
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Akkadian ????Every word from Ancient Greek κερασόςEvery word from Ancient Greek κεράσιον