Where does “foldgræg” come from?

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

foldgræg (Old English): earth-colored, earth-gray

Definitions

  1. earth-colored, earth-gray

Ancestry of “foldgræg”, step by step

foldgræg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English grǣġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrǣġ—
2Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Old English folde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfoldeland, earth, ground
2Proto-Germanicfuldǭearth, ground
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grāu →
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