Where does “gers” come from?

gers (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gras, from Old Dutch 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.

gers (Middle Dutch): Alternative form of gras

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gras

Ancestry of “gers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgrasgrass
2Old Dutchgras—
3Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “gers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →