Geerste
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Cognate with German Gerste, Dutch gerst, English gorse.
Noun
Geerste f
- (Uri) barley
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.