(ghrē- :) ghrō- : ghrǝ-

    (ghrē- :) ghrō- : ghrǝ-

    English meaning: to grow, be green

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wachsen, grũnen”

    Note: only Germanic (and slavisch?)

    Material: Goth. gras n. “grass, herb”, O.Ice. O.S. gras, O.E. græs, gærs ds., O.H.G. gras, Ger. Gras; full grade M.H.G. gruose f. “ young Pflanzentrieb, Pflanzensaft “, M.L.G. grōse f. “ Pflanzensaft “, mnl. groese “ young vegetation, young grass “; without the s-derivative: O.Ice. grōa “ grow, be healed “, O.E. grōwan “be green, bloom”, Eng. grow, O.H.G. gruoen, gruowan, M.H.G. grũejen “grow, thrive, be green”; O.Ice. grōði m. “ growth “, M.H.G. gruot f. “ greenery, fresh growth “; O.H.G. gruoni, M.H.G. grũene, O.E. grǣ ne, O.Ice. grø̄ nn “green, fresh, good”; Grø̄ naland “Greenland”. With dental extension: O.E. grǣ d m. “grass”, M.H.G. graz, -zzes “ young branches of coniferous wood “ from ghrē-t-, ghrǝ-t-; probably to ghrē-: ghrō-: ghrǝ- “ hervorstechen, z. B. von Pflanzentrieben, Pflanzenstacheln, Barthaaren “ and its light basic root gher- ds. (see there would be to be covered by Lat. herba “ vegetation; a green plant; a blade or stalk, esp. of corn or grass “ to the latter, if from *ĝherz-dhü “barley” with suffixal of the same kind to *gher-dhü. Berneker 355 considers doubtingly for O.C.S. grozdъ “grape”, groznъ ds. a cognate of *ghras-dho-, -nu- as base; the meaning would be justified at most through Russ. gránka “ bundle “ : Bulg. Ser.-Cr. grána “twig, branch”.

    References: WP. I 645 f., WH. I 616 f., 639 f.