Where does “גראָז” come from?
גראָז (Yiddish) comes 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.
גראָז (Yiddish): grass
Ancestry of “גראָז”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | gras | grass |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |