Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grōsu

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōsō.

Noun

*grōsu f

1. grass shoot, grassling
2. area of new grass growth; lawn, meadow, grassland

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*grōsu
Genitive	*grōsā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*grōsu	*grōsō
Accusative	*grōsā	*grōsā
Genitive	*grōsā	*grōsō
Dative	*grōsē	*grōsōm, *grōsum
Instrumental	*grōsu	*grōsōm, *grōsum

Related terms

• *gras

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *grōsa
  • Middle Low German: grôse, grûse
• Old Dutch: *gruosa, gruos
  • Middle Dutch: groese, gruese
    • Dutch: groeze, groes
• Old High German: *gruosa
  • Middle High German: gruose, grūse
    • German: Gruse