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; plural of גערשט
Definitions
- barley , made of barley; plural of גערשט
Ancestry of “גערשטן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | גערשט | barley |
| 2 | Middle High German | gerste | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gerste | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gerstu | barley |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gerstō | barley |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰersd- | grain |