Where does “aardgewas” come from?

aardgewas (Dutch) comes from Dutch aarde, from Middle Dutch erde, from Old Dutch ertha, from Proto-West Germanic erþu, from Proto-Germanic erþō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- — earth.

aardgewas (Dutch): crop; any crop that provides root vegetables

Definitions

  1. crop; any crop that provides root vegetables

Ancestry of “aardgewas”, step by step

aardgewas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aarde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaardeearth, soil, ground; earth, ground
2Middle Dutcherdethe Earth; soil, ground
3Old Dutcherthaearth
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

via Dutch gewas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgewascrop; plant, vegetation
2Middle Dutchgewas—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁er- →