Where does “gersta” come from?

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

gersta (Old Saxon): barley

Definitions

  1. barley

Ancestry of “gersta”, step by step

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