Where does “græs” come from?

græs (Middle English) comes from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

græs (Middle English): Alternative form of gras

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gras

Ancestry of “græs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishgrasA grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;...
2Old Englishgræsgrass
3Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gras →