Word Origin Summary

Kerse is attested in Middle Dutch. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. ceresiaLatinderived from
2. 𒄑𒈢𒆳𒊏Akkadianderived from
3. *kirsaOld Dutchinherited from
4. *gras-Proto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
5. *kressoOld Dutchinherited from
6. κερασόςAncient Greekderived from
7. *krasjôProto-West Germanicinherited from
8. kerzaOld High Germanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• kaars

  Dutch · inherited from

• kersie

  Afrikaans · inherited from

• kers

  Afrikaans · inherited from

• kersen

  Indonesian · derived from

• keise

  West Flemish · inherited from

• kers

  Dutch · inherited from

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