Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grōaną

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (to become green, grow).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*grōaną

  1. to green
  2. (botany) to grow

Inflection

Usage notes

Originally, this word probably referred only to the growing of plants, not to growth in general. The more usual words for general growing were probably *wahsijaną and *aukaną.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*grōan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191