Where does “gras” come from?

gras (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Ancestry of “gras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
2Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “gras”

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