Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “gerste” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gerste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
2Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰersd-grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- →