Where does “grōni” come from?

grōni (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic grōnī, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grōni (Old Saxon): green

Definitions

  1. green

Ancestry of “grōni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
2Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “grōni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic grōnī →