Where does “laakerikirsikka” come from?
laakerikirsikka (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.
laakerikirsikka (Finnish): cherry laurel, "Prunus laurocerasus"
Definitions
- cherry laurel, "Prunus laurocerasus"
Ancestry of “laakerikirsikka”, step by step
laakerikirsikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish laakeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laakeri | bearing; laurel |
| 2 | Swedish | läger | a quarter, a camp |
| 3 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 4 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Latin | repere | present active infinitive of rēpō; to creep, to... |