Where does “doddegras” come from?

doddegras (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.

doddegras (Dutch): a timothy or catstail; any plant of the genus Phleum

Definitions

  1. a timothy or catstail; any plant of the genus Phleum

Ancestry of “doddegras”, step by step

doddegras 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 dodde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdoddea long, soft raceme, as of a cattail plant
2Proto-Germanicduttazwisp; tuft of grass or grain; bundle; group; clod...

Words derived from “doddegras”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →