Where does “grønnsak” come from?

grønnsak (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål grønn, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grønnsak (Norwegian Bokmål): a vegetable

Definitions

  1. a vegetable

Ancestry of “grønnsak”, step by step

grønnsak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål grønn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrønngreen; favourable
2Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
3Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Norwegian Bokmål sak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsaka legal dispute, litigation; a case; a matter,...
2Old Norsesǫklegal case, action; fault
3Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

Words derived from “grønnsak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Old Norse grœnn →