Where does “grōne” come from?

grōne (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon grōni, from Proto-West Germanic grōnī, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Ancestry of “grōne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grōne”

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