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Where does “grasbewachsen” come from?

grasbewachsen (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.

grasbewachsen (German): grassy

Definitions

  1. grassy

Ancestry of “grasbewachsen”, step by step

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
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