Where does “rohi” come from?

rohi (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic rooho, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

rohi (Estonian): grass; medicine

Definitions

  1. grass; medicine

Ancestry of “rohi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicroohograss
2Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “rohi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-Finnic rooho →
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