kirsch-wasser
‘liquor distilled from fermented cherry juice’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
G. kirschwasser ‘cherry-water’ < M.H.G. kirsche ‘cherry’ < O.H.G. kirsa < Vulgar Lat. ceresia < La.Lat. cerasium ‘cherry’ + wasser ‘water’ < water < O.E. wæter < Proto-G. watr- < wod-or < vaw < wed- < Tamil utakam