Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “gors” come from?

gors (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gerstu, from Proto-Germanic gerstō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- — grain.

Ancestry of “gors”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
2Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰersd-grain

Words derived from “gors”

  • gorse
  • gorsy
  • gors
  • gorst
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