Where does “timoteegras” come from?

timoteegras (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.

timoteegras (Dutch): a timothy; name given to certain species of plant of the genus Phleum

Definitions

  1. a timothy; name given to certain species of plant of the genus Phleum

Ancestry of “timoteegras”, step by step

timoteegras 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 timothy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtimothy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-
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