Where does “Gromees” come from?

Gromees (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Mees, from Middle High German meise, from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic maisā, from Proto-Germanic maisǭ — titmouse, chickadee.

Gromees (Luxembourgish): marsh tit

Definitions

  1. marsh tit

Ancestry of “Gromees”, step by step

Gromees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Mees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishMeestit, titmouse
2Middle High Germanmeise—
3Old High Germanmeisapannier; titmouse
4Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
5Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee

via Luxembourgish gro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishgrogrey
2Old High Germangrāogrey
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Germanic maisǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic maisā →Every word from Old High German meisa →