Where does “kirsebær” come from?
kirsebær (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German kersebere, from Middle Low German kerse, from Proto-West Germanic kirsijā, from Latin ceresia, from Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from Ancient Greek κερασός — pear-tree.
kirsebær (Norwegian Nynorsk): a cherry
Ancestry of “kirsebær”, step by step