Where does “grönĕ” come from?

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

grönĕ (Polabian): green

Definitions

  1. green

Ancestry of “grönĕ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangröne—
2Old Saxongrōnigreen
3Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic grōnī →