Where does “gras” come from?

gras (Middle English) comes 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.

gras (Middle English): A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;...

Definitions

  1. A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;...

Ancestry of “gras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgræsgrass
2Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
3Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “gras”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gras →