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

• *ǵʰreh₁-

Root

*gʰreh₁-

1. to grow (of plants?)

Derived terms

• *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
  • Proto-Italic: *grāmen or *grazmen
    • Latin: grāmen
• *gʰreh₁-tó-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *grēdaz
    • Old English: grǣd
• Unsorted formations:
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: (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
        • Middle Low German: grôse
      • 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