Where does “ruoho” come from?

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

ruoho (Finnish): grass mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen

Definitions

  1. grass mass noun; blade of grass individual specimen

Ancestry of “ruoho”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ruoho

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-