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Where does “Kirschbaum” come from?

Kirschbaum (German) comes from German Kirsche, from Middle High German kirse, from Old High German kirsa, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον — pear-tree.

Kirschbaum (German): cherry tree

Definitions

  1. cherry tree

Ancestry of “Kirschbaum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKirschecherry; a ball, especially a football; bullet
2Middle High Germankirsecherry
3Old High Germankirsacherry
4Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
5Latinceresiacherry
6Latinceresium—
7Latincerasium—
8Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
9Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
10Akkadian????pear-tree
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