Where does “grasy” come from?

grasy (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.

grasy (Middle English): grassy

Definitions

  1. grassy

Ancestry of “grasy”, step by step

grasy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English gras

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

via Middle English y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyAlternative form of I; Alternative form of in;...
2Old EnglishiċI
3Proto-West GermanicikI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “grasy”

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