Where does “grene” come from?

grene (Middle English) comes from Old English grēne, from Proto-West Germanic grōnī, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grene (Middle English): green

Definitions

  1. green

Ancestry of “grene”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic grōnī →