Where does “Graswurzel” come from?

Graswurzel (German) comes from German gras, from Middle High German gras, from Old High German 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.

Graswurzel (German): grass root

Definitions

  1. grass root

Ancestry of “Graswurzel”, step by step

Graswurzel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrassingular imperative of grasen; first-person...
2Middle High Germangras—
3Old High Germangrasgrass
4Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
5Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via German wurzel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurzelinflection of wurzeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwurzela root
3Old High Germanwurzala—
4Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
5Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “Graswurzel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gras →