Where does “graszanger” come from?

graszanger (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.

graszanger (Dutch): the zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis

Definitions

  1. the zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis

Ancestry of “graszanger”, step by step

graszanger 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 zanger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzangersinger, songster
2Middle Dutchsanger—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →