Where does “Ziergras” come from?

Ziergras (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.

Ziergras (German): ornamental grass

Definitions

  1. ornamental grass

Ancestry of “Ziergras”, step by step

Ziergras 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 Zier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZierornament; decoration
2Middle High Germanziere—
3Old High Germanziari—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →