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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grōsō.
Noun
*grōsu f
- grass shoot, grassling
- area of new grass growth; lawn, meadow, grassland
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*grōsu
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| Genitive
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*grōsā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*grōsu
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*grōsō
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| Accusative
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*grōsā
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*grōsā
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| Genitive
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*grōsā
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*grōsō
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| Dative
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*grōsē
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*grōsōm, *grōsum
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| Instrumental
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*grōsu
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*grōsōm, *grōsum
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Descendants
- Old Saxon: *grōsa
- Middle Low German: grôse, grûse
- Old Dutch: *gruosa, gruos
- Middle Dutch: groese, gruese
- Old High German: *gruosa
- Middle High German: gruose, grūse