Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grasą

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

A secondary zero-grade s-stem from the root of *grōaną and *grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). It cannot be directly from *gʰr̥h₁-s-, where the syllabic sonorant would result in *gurs-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑ.sɑ̃/

Noun

*grasą n

grass

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *grasą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*grasą	*grasō
vocative	*grasą	*grasō
accusative	*grasą	*grasō
genitive	grasas, grasis	*grasǫ̂
dative	*grasai	*grasamaz
instrumental	*grasō	*grasamiz

Derived terms

Related terms

*grōaną
*grōniz
*grōsō
- Proto-West Germanic: *grōsu

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gras
- Old English: græs, gærs
  - Middle English: gras, grasse, gresse, gres, gers, grece, græs, grace, gars, grys, grisse, grese
    - English: grass
      - Tok Pisin: gras, garas
      - → Fiji Hindi: giraas
    - Scots: gress, gres, grais, graiss, grase, gers, girs
- Old Frisian: gers, gres
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: gäärs
    Sylt: Gērs
  - Saterland Frisian: Gäärs
  - West Frisian: gers, gjers, jers
- Old Saxon: gras
  - Middle Low German: gras
    - Dutch Low Saxon: gras
    - German Low German: Gras
      - Plautdietsch: Grauss
- Old Dutch: *gras
  - Middle Dutch: gras, gars, gers
    - Dutch: gras
      - Afrikaans: gras
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: grasa
      - Jersey Dutch: x'rās, grās
      - Negerhollands: graas, gras
      - → Sranan Tongo: grasi
        → Saramaccan: gaási
    - Limburgish: graas
    - West Flemish: ges, gas
    - Zealandic: gos
- Old High German: gras
  - Middle High German: gras
    - Alemannic German: Gras
      Italian Walser: gras, gros
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: gras, grass
      Mòcheno: gros
      Udinese: gròs, gros, groos
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Graas
      Luxembourgish: Gras
    - East Central German:
      Vilamovian: gros
    - East Franconian:
    - German: Gras
    - Rhine Franconian: Gras
      Frankfurterisch: [kʀɑːs], (older) [kʀɔːs]
      Pennsylvania German: Graas
    - Yiddish: גראָז (groz)
Old Norse: gras
- Icelandic: gras
- Faroese: gras
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: gress, gras (< *grasja-)
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: gras
- Old Swedish: græs, gras (hapax legomena)
  - Swedish: gräs (< *grasja-)
- Danish: græs (< *grasja-)
- Elfdalian: gras
- Gutnish: gras
Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras)
→ Proto-Samic: *(k)rāsē (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *rasi (see there for further descendants)

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