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Where does “kirsikkapuu” come from?

kirsikkapuu (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.

kirsikkapuu (Finnish): cherry tree; cherrywood

Definitions

  1. cherry tree; cherrywood

Ancestry of “kirsikkapuu”, step by step

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