Reconstruction:Old Dutch/kirsa

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, which is a borrowing of Late Latin ceresia.

Noun

*kirsa f

1. cherry

Inflection

Declension of *kirsa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*kirsa	*kirsa, *kirson
accusative	*kirsa, *kirson	*kirsa, *kirson
genitive	*kirson	*kirsono
dative	*kirson	*kirson

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: kerse
  • Dutch: kers (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: kèrs, kaes, kees