Where does “gærsstapa” come from?

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

gærsstapa (Old English): grasshopper, locust

Definitions

  1. grasshopper, locust

Ancestry of “gærsstapa”, step by step

gærsstapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gærs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishgærsAlternative form of græs; grass, blade of grass,...
2Old Englishgræsgrass
3Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
4Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

via Old English stapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstapastepper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic grasąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic gras
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