Where does “vergrijzen” come from?

vergrijzen (Dutch) comes from Dutch grijs, from Middle Dutch grijs, from Old Dutch grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

vergrijzen (Dutch): to grey; to age

Definitions

  1. to grey; to age

Ancestry of “vergrijzen”, step by step

vergrijzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch grijs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrijsgrey, grey-colored; old; weathered, tarnished,...
2Middle Dutchgrijsgrey
3Old Dutchgrīs
4Proto-West Germanic*grīsgrey
5Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"

Words derived from “vergrijzen

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *grīsEvery word from Old Dutch grīs