Where does “Gerstengrütze” come from?

Gerstengrütze (German) comes from German Gerste, 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.

Gerstengrütze (German): barley groats

Definitions

  1. barley groats

Ancestry of “Gerstengrütze”, step by step

Gerstengrütze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gerste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGerstebarley
2Middle High Germangerste—
3Old High Germangerste—
4Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
5Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰersd-grain

via German Grütze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrützea food of coarsely ground cereal grains: groat;...
2Middle High Germangrütze—
3Old High Germangruzziheap, pile
4Proto-Germanic*gruti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- →