Where does “gerste” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gerste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgersta—
2Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
3Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
4Proto-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 →