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
Ancestry of “grasbewachsen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | gras | singular imperative of grasen; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | gras | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gras | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |