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Where does “kirsa” come from?

kirsa (Old High German) comes 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.

kirsa (Old High German): cherry

Definitions

  1. cherry

Ancestry of “kirsa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kirsa”

  • kirsch
  • kirschwasser
  • kirsch
  • Kirschbaum
  • Sauerkirsche
  • Kirsche
  • kirschrot
  • Kirschwasser
  • kirsch
  • quirche
  • kirsch
  • kirss
  • kirsipuu
  • kirse
  • קאַרשנבוים
  • קאַרש
  • Kiischt
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