Where does “rufous grasswren” come from?
rufous grasswren (English) comes from English grasswren, from English grass, from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.
rufous grasswren (English): Amytornis whitei, a species of Australian grasswren
Definitions
- Amytornis whitei, a species of Australian grasswren
Ancestry of “rufous grasswren”, step by step
rufous grasswren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grasswren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grasswren | Any of the birds in the malurid genus "Amytornis" |
| 2 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 3 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 4 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |