Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gerstu

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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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gerstō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, 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 (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 260:*gerstō