gras
Old Norse
/ˈɡrɑs/
noun
Definitions
- grass, herbage
- (especially in the plural) a herb, usually with special powers
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *grasą (grass) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (grow, green).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰreh₁-
Gloss
grow, green
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Cognates and derived terms
- *gʰreH₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- alfagras Norwegian Bokmål
- alfagress Norwegian Bokmål
- gras Norwegian Bokmål
- gress Norwegian Bokmål
- gresshoppe Norwegian Bokmål
- gressklipper Norwegian Bokmål
- gressløk Norwegian Bokmål
- gressplen Norwegian Bokmål
- gressrot Norwegian Bokmål
- kunstgress Norwegian Bokmål
- sjøgress Norwegian Bokmål
- *grasą Proto-Germanic
- *grēwaz Proto-Germanic
- fjädergräs Swedish
- gräs Swedish
- gräsand Swedish
- gräsbana Swedish
- gräsklippare Swedish
- gräsmatta Swedish
- grässångare Swedish
- konstgräs Swedish
- sjögräs Swedish
- alfagras Norwegian Nynorsk
- gras Norwegian Nynorsk
- grashall Norwegian Nynorsk
- kunstgras Norwegian Nynorsk
- græs Old English
- gras Middle English
- gres Middle English
- grese Middle English
- gresse Middle English
- græs Danish
- græsenke Danish
- *zьrěti Proto-Slavic
- fjallagrös Icelandic
- friggjargras Icelandic
- gervigras Icelandic
- gras Icelandic
- grasafræði Icelandic
- grasasni Icelandic
- graslendi Icelandic
- grasnykra Icelandic
- grassnákur Icelandic
- grasvíðir Icelandic
- lambagras Icelandic
- lyfjagras Icelandic
- naflagras Icelandic
- sveifgras Icelandic
- tófugras Icelandic
- gras Old High German
- gras Faroese
- grasfræ Faroese
- grasker Faroese
- oknagras Faroese
- 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 Gothic
- *gras gmw-pro
- *gras Old Dutch
- *rooho Proto-Finnic
- *(k)rāsē Proto-Samic
- gress Scots
- gers Old Frisian