Where does “גערשט” come from?
גערשט (Yiddish) comes 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.
גערשט (Yiddish): barley
Ancestry of “גערשט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | gerste | — |
| 2 | Old High German | gerste | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | gerstu | barley |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gerstō | barley |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰersd- | grain |
Words derived from “גערשט”