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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arwīts

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly related to Latin ervum and Greek ὄροβος (órobos).

Noun

*arwīts f [1]

  1. pea

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *arwīts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *arwīts *arwītiz
vocative *arwīt *arwītiz
accusative *arwītų *arwītunz
genitive *arwītiz *arwītǫ̂
dative *arwīti *arwītumaz
instrumental *arwītē *arwītumiz

Descendants
  • Old Frisian: *erit
    • Saterland Frisian: Aate
    • West Frisian: eart
  • Old Saxon: erit, eriwit
    • Middle Low German: erwete, erwitte, arwete, erwte, erfte, arfte, arvete, ērte
  • Old Dutch: *erwit, *erewit
  • Old High German: arawīz, arawiz, araweiz
    • Middle High German: arwīz, areweiz, arwīs, erweis, erbeiz
  • Old Norse: ertr (pl.)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arwīt-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37
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