Where does “grao” come from?

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

grao (Old Saxon): grey

Definitions

  1. grey

Ancestry of “grao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
2Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grēwaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grāu →