Where does “gras” come from?

gras (Dutch) comes 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.

gras (Dutch): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “gras”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gras

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-
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