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Where does “kirsikankivenpoistaja” come from?

kirsikankivenpoistaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirsikankivi, 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 — pear-tree.

kirsikankivenpoistaja (Finnish): cherry pitter

Definitions

  1. cherry pitter

Ancestry of “kirsikankivenpoistaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirsikankivicherry pit, cherry stone
2Finnishkirsikkacherry
3Old Swedishkirsebær—
4Middle Low Germankersebere—
5Middle Low Germankersecherry
6Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
7Latinceresiacherry
8Latinceresium—
9Latincerasium—
10Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
11Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
12Akkadian????pear-tree
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