Where does “yebe” come from?

yebe (Walloon) comes from Old French erbe, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

yebe (Walloon): grass; pasture, prairie

Definitions

  1. grass; pasture, prairie

Ancestry of “yebe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frencherbegrass; herb
2Latinherbagrass, herbage; herb; weeds
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Latin herba →Every word from Old French erbe →