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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gras-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

As per Rix, *gres- but noting that it could also be *gras- or even *grens-.

Root

*gras-

  1. to eat, gnaw, devour[1][2][3]

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: γράω (gráō, “to gnaw, eat”)
  • Sanskrit: ग्रस् (gras, “to devour”)[4]

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “gres”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 192
  3. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404
  4. Monier Williams (1899), “gras-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0371.
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