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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gerstu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gerstō.[1][2]

Noun

*gerstu f

  1. barley
    Synonym: *barī

Declension
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *gerstu
Genitive *gerstā
Singular Plural
Nominative *gerstu *gerstō
Accusative *gerstā *gerstā
Genitive *gerstā *gerstō
Dative *gerstē *gerstōm, *gerstum
Instrumental *gerstu *gerstōm, *gerstum
  • *gurst

Descendants
  • Old English: gorst, gors (< *gurst m)
  • Old Frisian: *jerste
    • Saterland Frisian: Jäärste, Jüste
  • Old Saxon: gersta
    • Middle Low German: gerste
  • Old Dutch: *gersta
  • Old High German: gersta

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gerstō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Gerste”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 260: “*gerstō”
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