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Where does “Kiischt” come from?

Kiischt (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German kirsa, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.

Kiischt (Luxembourgish): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “Kiischt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankirsacherry
2Proto-West Germanickirsijācherry
3Latinceresiacherry
4Latinceresium—
5Latincerasium—
6Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
7Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
8Akkadian????pear-tree
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