Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grōaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to become green, grow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*grōaną
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *grōaną (strong class 7e)
Usage notes[edit]
Originally, 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.