Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/arwīt

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arwīts. Doublet of *erbā (“vetch”).

Noun

*arwīt f

1. pea

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*arwīt
Genitive	*arwīti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arwīt	*arwīti
Accusative	*arwītu	*arwīti
Genitive	*arwīti	*arwītō
Dative	*arwīti	*arwītum
Instrumental	*arwīti	*arwītum

Alternative reconstructions

• *arwait

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
    • German Low German: Arvte, Arvt
• Old Dutch: *erwit, *erewit
  • Middle Dutch: erwete
    • Dutch: erwt
      • Afrikaans: ertjie
        • → Xhosa: i-ertyisi
      • → Indonesian: ercis
      • → Papiamentu: ert (dated)
      • → Sranan Tongo: erki
• 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
    • Bavarian: Arbaiß
      • Cimbrian: érbasa
    • Central Franconian: Ääz, Eerz (Ripuarian), Arwes, Erwes, Erbes, Erres (Moselle Franconian)
      • Luxembourgish: Ierbes
    • German: Erbse
    • Yiddish: אַרבעס (arbes)