kerse
Afrikaans
Noun
kerse
- plural of kers
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old High German kerza, from either Latin cērāta or Latin charta.
Noun
kerse f
- candle
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- cāerse
- kēerse
Descendants
- Dutch: kaars
- Afrikaans: kers
- Negerhollands: kaers, kės, keers
- Limburgish: kaers, kaes
- West Flemish: keise
- → Dutch Low Saxon: kaerse
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *kirsa, from Latin ceresia.
Noun
kerse f
- cherry
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: kers
- Limburgish: kèrs, kaes, kees
Etymology 3
From Old Dutch *kresso, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô, from Proto-Indo-European *gras-.
Noun
kerse ?
- cress, garden cress
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: kers
Further reading
- “kerse (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “kerse (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “kerse (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “kerse (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III