Where does “kirsimarja” come from?
kirsimarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kirsi, from Finnish Kirsti, from Finnish Kristiina, from Swedish Kristina, from Latin Christiana, from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός, from Ancient Greek Χριστός — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
Ancestry of “kirsimarja”, step by step
kirsimarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Kirsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kirsi | ground frost frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter |
| 2 | Finnish | Kirsti | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Kristiina | — |
| 4 | Swedish | Kristina | variant of Christina; royal name in Sweden, popular since Middle Ages |
| 5 | Latin | Christiana | nominative feminine singular of Chrīstiānus;... |
| 6 | Latin | Christianus | Christian; a Christian person, a Christian |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Χριστιανός | Christian |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |