Where does “*gras” come from?

*gras (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Ancestry of “*gras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow

Words derived from “*gras”

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