Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grōaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to become green, grow”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*grōaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *grōaną (strong class 7e)
Usage notes
editOriginally, this word probably referred only to the growing of plants, not to growth in general. The more usual words for general growing were probably *wahsijaną and *aukaną.