græs
Old English
noun
Definitions
- grass
Etymology
Inherited from *gras (grass) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grasą (grass) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (grow, become green).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰreH₁-
Gloss
grow, become green
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grass English
- herba Latin
- Gras German
- Grasdach German
- Grashüpfer German
- Grassteppe German
- Herbstgrasmilbe German
- grasbewachsen German
- grasgrün German
- baardgras Dutch, Flemish
- citroengras Dutch, Flemish
- etgras Dutch, Flemish
- gras Dutch, Flemish
- grasdak Dutch, Flemish
- grasduin Dutch, Flemish
- grashalm Dutch, Flemish
- grasland Dutch, Flemish
- grasmaaier Dutch, Flemish
- grasmus Dutch, Flemish
- grasspriet Dutch, Flemish
- grasveld Dutch, Flemish
- kunstgras Dutch, Flemish
- nagras Dutch, Flemish
- reukgras Dutch, Flemish
- zeegras Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- gras Norwegian Bokmål
- gress Norwegian Bokmål
- *grasą Proto-Germanic
- *grōaną Proto-Germanic
- *grōniz Proto-Germanic
- *grōþijaną Proto-Germanic
- fjädergräs Swedish
- gräs Swedish
- gräsand Swedish
- gräsbana Swedish
- gräsklippare Swedish
- gräsmatta Swedish
- grässångare Swedish
- konstgräs Swedish
- sjögräs Swedish
- gras Norwegian Nynorsk
- growan Old English
- gras Middle English
- grasen Middle English
- grasgrene Middle English
- grassen Middle English
- grasy Middle English
- greceles Middle English
- gres Middle English
- grese Middle English
- gresse Middle English
- gresyn Middle English
- gras Old Norse
- græs Danish
- græsenke Danish
- gras Icelandic
- gras Middle Dutch
- gras Old High German
- gras Afrikaans
- gras Faroese
- gras Middle High German
- Gras Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- גראָז Yiddish
- *gras gmw-pro
- *gras Old Dutch
- *rooho Proto-Finnic
- gras Old Saxon
- *(k)rāsē Proto-Samic
- gros Alemannic German
- gress Scots
- gers Western Frisian
- gers Old Frisian