Old High German gersta

← Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (inherited)

→ Cimbrian ghéersta (inherited)

→ German Gerste (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek κριθή (cognate)

→ Alemannic German Geerste (inherited)

→ Latin hordeum (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish Geescht (inherited)

→ Albanian drithë (cognate)

→ Old Armenian գարի (cognate)

→ Yiddish גערשט (inherited)