Etymology

grassy

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Today it means: Covered with grass. Full definition →

Middle English grasy ← Old English *græsiġ ← Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grasagrōniz
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*grasagrōnī
  3. Old English · inherited from*græsiġ
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgrasy
  5. English todaygrassy

From Middle English grasy, from Old English *græsiġ, *gærsiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*grasagrōnī all →

grass-green

Proto-Germanic*grasagrōniz all →

grass-green

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.