Where does “grass” come from?

grass (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grass (Cimbrian): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “grass”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangras—
2Old High Germangrasgrass
3Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gras →
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