Where does “kirsikanpunainen” come from?
kirsikanpunainen (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.
kirsikanpunainen (Finnish): cherry red
Ancestry of “kirsikanpunainen”, step by step