Where does “groene” come from?

groene (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gruoni, from Proto-West Germanic grōnī, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

groene (Middle Dutch): green; unripe, young

Definitions

  1. green; unripe, young

Ancestry of “groene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgruonigreen
2Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
3Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “groene”

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