Where does “grāo” come from?

grāo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *grāu, from Proto-Germanic grēwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grāo (Old Dutch): grey

Definitions

  1. grey

Ancestry of “grāo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
2Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “grāo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grāu →