Where does “grasmus” come from?

grasmus (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.

grasmus (Dutch): common whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Definitions

  1. common whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Ancestry of “grasmus”, step by step

grasmus 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 mus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmussparrow, bird of the family Passeridae,...
2Middle Dutchmussche—
3Old Dutchmuscasparrow
4Latinmuscaa fly; an inquisitive or prying people
5Ancient Greekμυῖαa fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
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