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

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: eriwit, erit
- Middle Low German: erwete, erwitte, arwete, erwte, erfte, arfte, arvete, ērte
  - German Low German: Ervte, Arvte, Arvt
  - Plautdietsch: Oaft
Old Dutch: *erwit, *erewit
- Middle Dutch: erwete
  - Dutch: erwt, ert
    - Afrikaans: ertjie
      - → Xhosa: i-ertyisi
    - → Indonesian: ercis
    - → Papiamentu: ert (dated)
    - → Sranan Tongo: erki
Old High German: arawīȥ, araweiȥ, araweȥ, areweiȥ, areweȥ, arewiȥ, arewurȥ, ariweȥ, arwiȥ, arwuȥ, erewiȥ, erit, erivit, eriwiȥ, erweȥ, erwiȥ, harviȥ, hereviȥ
- Middle High German: erweiȥ, erbeiȥ, arwīs, arwīȥ, areweiȥ
  - Bavarian: Arbaiß
    - Cimbrian: érbasa
  - Central Franconian: Ääz, Eerz (Ripuarian), Arwes, Erwes, Erbes, Erres (Moselle Franconian)
    - Luxembourgish: Ierbes
  - German: Erbse
  - Yiddish: אַרבעס (arbes)