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.

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

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Descendants

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