kers
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kɛrs/
noun
Definitions
- A cherry tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially the subgenus Cerasus.
- A cherry, a stone fruit of a cherry tree.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch kerse derived from Latin ceresia, ceresium, cerasium derived from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (cherry, cherry fruit).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κεράσιον
Gloss
cherry, cherry fruit
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
桜
Emoji
🌸 🍒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bittercress English
- cress English
- cresslike English
- cressy English
- paracress English
- pennycress English
- rockcress English
- watercress English
- wintercress English
- yellowcress English
- *cerasiārius Latin
- cerasium Latin
- ceresia Latin
- ceresiam Latin
- ceresium Latin
- ciliegia Italian
- kaars Dutch, Flemish
- kersenrood Dutch, Flemish
- kersrood Dutch, Flemish
- kersvers Dutch, Flemish
- rood Dutch, Flemish
- tuin Dutch, Flemish
- tuinkers Dutch, Flemish
- vers Dutch, Flemish
- water Dutch, Flemish
- waterkers Dutch, Flemish
- wolf Dutch, Flemish
- wolfskers Dutch, Flemish
- cerise French
- кресс Russian
- κεράσιον Ancient Greek
- κερασός Ancient Greek
- κερᾰσός Ancient Greek
- cressa Old English
- ċiris Old English
- *čeršьňa Proto-Slavic
- cerise Old French
- cirera Catalan, Valencian
- cireașă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κεράσι Greek (modern)
- kerse Middle Dutch
- kerza Old High German
- kers Afrikaans
- kersie Afrikaans
- qershi Albanian
- *kirsijā gmw-pro
- cereyja Old Portuguese
- *keresyā Proto-Celtic
- kersebere Middle Low German
- cireashã Aromanian
- cirishar Aromanian
- tsireashã Aromanian
- kirsebär Old Swedish
- tscharescha Romansh
- tschariescha Romansh
- tscherescha Romansh
- tschirescha Romansh
- cereza Asturian
- cjariese Friulian
- ceresa Old Spanish
- çêxa Ligurian
- cris Dalmatian
- cerize Bourguignon
- sareza Istriot
- keise West Flemish
- cherise ONF.
- sciresa Lombard