English

Kirschenmann

Kirschenmann comes from German Kirschenmann.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of kirse ‘cherry’ + man ‘man’

Ancient Greek κερᾰσός ‘bird cherry, Prunus avium (tree)’

Ancient Greek κερᾰ́σῐον ‘cherry (fruit)’

Late Latin ceresia ‘cherry’

Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā ‘cherry’

Old High German kirsa ‘cherry’

Middle High German kirse ‘cherry’

Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man’

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’

Old High German man ‘man’

Middle High German man ‘man’

Every English word from German Kirschenmann

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.