Where does “Gäärs” come from?

Gäärs (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian gers, from Proto-Germanic grasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

Gäärs (Saterland Frisian): grass

Definitions

  1. grass

Ancestry of “Gäärs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiangersgrass
2Proto-Germanicgrasągrass
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 grasą →Every word from Old Frisian gers →
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