cirse

From Ancient Greek κίρσιον (kírsion, “kind of thistle”).

• IPA^(key): /siʁs/

cirse m (plural cirses)

1. thistle

   Synonym: chardon

• cirse des marais

• ċyrse, ċiris, ċyrs

From Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin ceresia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃir.se/, [ˈt͡ʃirˠ.ze]

ċirse f (nominative plural ċirsan)

1. (botany) cherry

• ċirisæppel
• ċirisbēam
• ċyrstrēow

• Middle English: cheri, chiri, chirie, chyry, chere, cherie, chery (through confluence with Anglo-French form)
  • English: cherry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: chirry, chery, cherrie, cherry
  • → Middle Irish: silín, sirín
    • Irish: silín
    • Manx: shillish
    • Scottish Gaelic: sirist