Where does “лавровишня” come from?
лавровишня (Russian) comes from Latin laurocerasus, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
лавровишня (Russian): cherry laurel
Definitions
- cherry laurel
Ancestry of “лавровишня”, step by step
лавровишня traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin laurocerasus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | laurocerasus | "Prunus laurocerasus"; cherry laurel |
| 2 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 3 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Russian ви́шня
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ви́шня | sour cherry |
| 2 | Old Norse | visna | to dry up, wither |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weis- | to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via Russian лавр
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | лавр | laurel, bay tree; genitive plural of ла́вра |