Where does “biestarwegras” come from?

biestarwegras (Dutch) comes from Dutch gras, from Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch 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.

biestarwegras (Dutch): sand couch-grass (Elytrigia juncea syn. Thinopyrum junceum)

Definitions

  1. sand couch-grass (Elytrigia juncea syn. Thinopyrum junceum)

Ancestry of “biestarwegras”, step by step

biestarwegras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrasgrass
2Middle Dutchgrasgrass
3Old Dutchgras—
4Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
5Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Dutch biestarwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbiestarwe—
2Dutchtarwewheat
3Middle Dutchtarwe—
4Old Dutchtarwawheat
5Proto-Berber*ta-rŭg-a—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →