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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arwīts

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *arwits, *arwaits

Etymology

Possibly a substrate term related to Latin ervum (“bitter-vetch”), Ancient Greek ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter-vetch”), ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”) and to Middle Armenian առուոյտ (aṙuoyt, “alfalfa”).

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
  • Proto-West Germanic: *arwīt, *arwait
    • 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, araweiz, arawez, areweiz, arewez, arewiz, arewurz, ariwez, arwiz, arwuz, erewiz, erit, erivit, eriwiz, erwez, erwiz, harviz, hereviz
      • Middle High German: erweiz, erbeiz, arwīs, arwīz, areweiz
  • Old Norse: ertr (pl.) (likely borrowed from Low German)

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