Where does “kirsikkabarbi” come from?
kirsikkabarbi (Finnish) comes from Finnish barbi, from English barb, from English barbiturate, from German Barbiturat, from French barbiturique, from German Barbitursäure, from German Barbara, from Latin barbara.
kirsikkabarbi (Finnish): cherry barb, Rohanella titteya tropical freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Sri Lanka
Definitions
- cherry barb, Rohanella titteya tropical freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Sri Lanka
Ancestry of “kirsikkabarbi”, step by step
kirsikkabarbi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish barbi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | barbi | A barb fish; The Barbie doll |
| 2 | English | barb | The point that stands backward in an arrow,... |
| 3 | English | barbiturate | Any salt or ester of barbituric acid; Any of... |
| 4 | German | Barbiturat | barbiturate |
| 5 | French | barbiturique | barbiturate |
| 6 | German | Barbitursäure | — |
| 7 | German | Barbara | popular especially in the mid-twentieth century |
| 8 | Latin | barbara | a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or... |
| 9 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
via Finnish kirsikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirsikka | cherry |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kirsebær | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kersebere | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kerse | cherry |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kirsijā | cherry |
| 6 | Latin | ceresia | cherry |
| 7 | Latin | ceresium | — |
| 8 | Latin | cerasium | cherry, fruit of the cherry tree |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κεράσιον | cherry; cherry tree |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κερασός | bird cherry, "Prunus avium" |
| 11 | Akkadian | ???? | pear-tree |