Where does “גערשטן” come from?

גערשטן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גערשט, 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.

גערשטן (Yiddish): barley; made of barley

Definitions

  1. barley; made of barley

Ancestry of “גערשטן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגערשטbarley
2Middle High Germangerste—
3Old High Germangerste—
4Proto-West Germanicgerstubarley
5Proto-Germanicgerstōbarley
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰersd-grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰersd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gerstō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gerstu →