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-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɑ.sɑ̃/

Noun

*grasą n[1]

  1. grass

Inflection

Declension 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

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

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grasa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
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