Where does “græs” come from?

græs (Old English) 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.

græs (Old English): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “græs”, 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 “græs”

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