gierst
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch heerse, from Proto-Germanic *hirsijô, potentially derived in turn from an unknown substrate language or, alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“feed, nourish”).
Cognate with Limburgish hirs, Old Saxon hirsi, Plautdietsch Hieezh, Old High German hirsi (German Hirse), Alemannic German Hirse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gierst f (uncountable)
- millet (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
Derived terms edit
-general:
-types of millet:
Descendants edit
- → West Frisian: gierst
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gierst