kerse

Afrikaans

Noun

kerse

1. plural of kers

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old High German kerza, from either Latin cērāta or Latin charta.

Noun

kerse f

1. 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

1. 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 ?

1. 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