Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰreh₁-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

Root

*gʰreh₁-[2]

  1. to grow (of plants?)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰreh₁- (9 c, 0 e)
  • *gʰroh₁-(y)e-ti (o-grade present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *grōaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰroh₁-ni-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *grōniz (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰreh₁-no-s
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *grēˀnas
      • Proto-Slavic: *grěnъ (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰreh₁-wo-
    • Proto-Germanic: *grēwaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰr̥h₁-wo-
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: rāvus, grāvastellus (or from *ǵerh₂-?) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰréh₁-mn̥ ~ *gʰr̥h₁-mén-s or perhaps *gʰréh₁-s-mn̥ ~ *gʰr̥h₁-s-mén-s
  • *gʰreh₁-tó-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *grēdaz

Unsorted formations:

  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (kariyant-, grass)
  • Proto-Iranian:
    • Persian: روییدن (ru'idan, to grow)
  • Proto-Germanic: *grasą (cannot be directly from *gʰr̥h₁-s-)
  • Proto-Germanic: *grōsō
    • Proto-West Germanic: *grōsu
      • Old Saxon: *grōsa
      • Old Dutch: *gruosa
        • Middle Dutch: groese
      • Old High German: *gruosa
        • Middle High German: gruose
    • Proto-Finnic: *rooho (grass) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: herba

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN