Where does “Gerstensaft” come from?

Gerstensaft (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.

Gerstensaft (German): beer

Definitions

  1. beer

Ancestry of “Gerstensaft”, step by step

Gerstensaft 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 Saft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSaftjuice; sap; fluid
2Middle High GermanSaft—
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gerstō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gerstu →