Where does “zegras” come from?

zegras (Romanian) comes from German Seegras, from German gras, from Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic gras, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

zegras (Romanian): seagrass (Zostera marina)

Definitions

  1. seagrass (Zostera marina)

Ancestry of “zegras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSeegrasseagrass
2Germangrassingular imperative of grasen; first-person...
3Middle High Germangras—
4Old High Germangrasgrass
5Proto-West Germanicgrasgrass
6Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grasą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gras →