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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *gerstō.[1][2]
Noun edit
*gerstu f
Declension edit
| 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 |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: gorst, gors (< *gurst m)
- Old Frisian: *jerste
- Old Saxon: gersta
- Old Dutch: *gersta
- Old High German: gersta
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gerstō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 306
- ^ 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”