Where does “Gerüst” come from?

Gerüst (German) comes from Middle High German gerüste, from Old High German girusti, from Proto-West Germanic hrusti, from Proto-Germanic hrustiz — armour, armament.

Gerüst (German): scaffold, scaffolding

Definitions

  1. scaffold, scaffolding

Ancestry of “Gerüst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangerüste—
2Old High Germangirusti—
3Proto-West Germanichrustiadornment, accoutrements
4Proto-Germanichrustizarmour, armament

Words derived from “Gerüst”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrustiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrusti →Every word from Old High German girusti →