Where does “kerse” come from?

kerse (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kirsa, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.

kerse (Middle Dutch): candle; cherry; cress, garden cress

Definitions

  1. candle; cherry; cress, garden cress

Ancestry of “kerse”, step by step

kerse traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch kirsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkirsacherry
2Latinceresiacherry
3Latinceresium
4Latincerasiumcherry, fruit of the cherry tree
5Ancient Greekκεράσιονcherry; cherry tree
6Ancient Greekκερασόςbird cherry, "Prunus avium"
7Akkadian????pear-tree

via Vulgar Latin ceresia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinceresia
2Late Latinceresium

via Old High German kerza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankerza

Words derived from “kerse

Every word from Akkadian ????Every word from Ancient Greek κερασόςEvery word from Ancient Greek κεράσιον