Where does “Gerste” come from?

Gerste (German) comes from Middle High German gerste, from Old High German gerste, from Proto-West Germanic gerstu, from Proto-Germanic gerstō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- — grain.

Gerste (German): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “Gerste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangerste—
2Old High Germangerste—
3Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
4Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰersd-grain

Words derived from “Gerste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gerstō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gerstu →