"gerstō" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɣer.stɔː/
Etymology: From virtual Proto-Indo-European *gʰersd-eh₂, from *ǵʰersd-. Cognate with Latin hordeum (“barley”), Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”), Armenian գարի (gari, “wheat”), Albanian drithë (“cereal, grain”). However, given the irregular sound correspondences (especially the Greek, which requires a root of the shape *ǵʰreydʰ-), probably of non-Indo-European substrate or Wanderwort origin. If indeed Indo-European in origin, the root would seem to be *ǵʰers- (“to be stiff”) (compare Sanskrit हर्षति (hárṣati, “to bristle”)) with some extension *-D-. For the semantics, compare the synonym *baraz (“barley”; originally “spiky leaves”, “awn”), apparently from *bʰers- (“sharp point, tip, top”). Contrast *hirsijô (“millet”) (Old Norse hirsi, Old High German hirso). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*ǵʰersd-}}, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro||*gʰersd-eh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰersd-eh₂, {{cog|la|hordeum|t=barley}} Latin hordeum (“barley”), {{cog|grc|κριθή|t=barley}} Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”), {{cog|hy|գարի|t=wheat}} Armenian գարի (gari, “wheat”), {{cog|sq|drithë|t=cereal, grain}} Albanian drithë (“cereal, grain”), {{der|gem-pro|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{glossary|Wanderwort}} Wanderwort, {{cog|sa|हर्षति||to bristle|tr=hárṣati}} Sanskrit हर्षति (hárṣati, “to bristle”), {{noncog|non|hirsi}} Old Norse hirsi, {{noncog|goh|hirso}} Old High German hirso Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gerstō [nominative, singular], gerstôz [nominative, plural], gerstō [singular, vocative], gerstôz [plural, vocative], gerstǭ [accusative, singular], gerstōz [accusative, plural], gerstōz [genitive, singular], gerstǫ̂ [genitive, plural], gerstōi [dative, singular], gerstōmaz [dative, plural], gerstō [instrumental, singular], gerstōmiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. barley Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Elmar Seebold, Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Tags: feminine, reconstruction Synonyms: *baraz, *barizaz Related terms: gurstaz

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