Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerstō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *gʰersdeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰersd-. Cognate with Latin hordeum (“barley”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣer.stɔː/

Noun

*gerstō f

barley

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *gerstō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gerstō	*gerstôz
vocative	*gerstō	*gerstôz
accusative	*gerstǭ	*gerstōz
genitive	*gerstōz	*gerstǫ̂
dative	*gerstōi	*gerstōmaz
instrumental	*gerstō	*gerstōmiz

Related terms

*gurstaz

Descendants

Old English: gorst, gors
- Middle English: gorst, gors, gorste, grost
  - English: gorse
Old Saxon: gersta
- Plautdietsch: Joascht
Old Dutch: *gersta
- Middle Dutch: gerste
  - Dutch: gerst
Old High German: gersta
- Middle High German: gerste
  - Alemannic German: Geerste
  - German: Gerste
  - Luxembourgish: Geescht
  - Yiddish: גערשט‎ (gersht)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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