kirsa

Old High German

Alternative forms

• chirsa, kersa, kirs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā.

Noun

kirsa f

1. cherry

Descendants

• Middle High German: kirse, kërse
  • Alemannic German: Chirsi, Chirschi
  • Bavarian: Kiaschn

    Cimbrian: khèrsch, khèersa (Sette Comuni)

  • Kölsch: Körsche
  • German: Kirsche, Kersche (archaic or dialectal)
    • → Estonian: kirss
  • Luxembourgish: Kiischt, Kiisch
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Hessian: Kesch

    Pennsylvania German: Kasch

  • Vilamovian: kjyś
  • Yiddish: קאַרש (karsh)