Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.). · To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities. · To cover with grass or with turf. · To feed with grass.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *grasą Proto-West Germanic *gras Old English græs Middle English gras English grass Inherited from Middle English gras, from Old English græs, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą (“grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”). Cognates Cognate with Scots gress (“grass”), North Frisian gaars, geers, Gērs, gjars, gjas, gäärs (“grass”), Saterland Frisian Gäärs (“grass”), West Frisian gers (“grass”), Cimbrian gras, grass (“grass”), German and Luxembourgish Gras (“grass, weed”), Dutch gras (“grass, turf, pasture”), Mòcheno and Vilamovian gros (“grass”), West Flemish ges (“grass”), Yiddish גראָז (groz, “grass”), Danish græs (“grass”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk gras (“grass”), Norwegian Bokmål gras, gress (“grass”), Swedish gräs (“grass”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “herb”); also Latin herba (“plant, weed, grass”), Albanian grath (“grass blade, spike”). Related to grow, green. The "informer" sense is probably a shortening of grasshopper (“police officer, informant”), rhyming slang for copper (“police officer”) or shopper (“informant”); the exact sequence of derivation is unclear.
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- Inherited-form mentiongrasenm
- Inherited-form mentiongræsang
- Inherited-form mention*grasgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*grasągem-pro · grass
- Inherited-form mention*gʰreh₁-ine-pro · to grow
- Cognate mentiongresssco · grass
- Cognate mentiongaarsfrr
- Cognate mentionGäärsstq · grass
- Cognate mentiongersfy · grass
- Cognate mentiongrascim
- Cognate mentiongrasnl · grass, turf, pasture
- Cognate mentiongesvls · grass
- Cognate mentionגראָזyi · grass
- Cognate mentiongræsda · grass
- Cognate mentiongrasnb
- Cognate mentiongrässv · grass
- Cognate mention𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃got · herb
- Cognate mentionherbala · plant, weed, grass
- Cognate mentiongrathsq · grass blade, spike
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"To lay out on the grass; to knock down (an opponent etc.).",
"To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.",
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"To feed with grass."
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