Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gerstō

Etymology
From virtual, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. However, given the irregular sound correspondences (especially the Greek, which requires a root of the shape ), probably of non-Indo-European or   origin. If indeed Indo-European in origin, the root would seem to be (compare 🇨🇬) with some extension. For the semantics, compare the synonym, apparently from. Contrast.

Noun

 * 1)  barley