Where does “cærsiht” come from?

cærsiht (Old English) comes from Old English cærse, from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic krasjô, from Proto-Indo-European gras-.

cærsiht (Old English): cressy

Definitions

  1. cressy

Ancestry of “cærsiht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcærsecress, watercress
2Proto-West Germanic*krassjōcress
3Proto-Germanickrasjô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangras-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gras- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krasjô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō →
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