Where does “Erbsenreis” come from?

Erbsenreis (German) comes from German Erbse, from German Erweiß, from Middle High German arwīs, from Old High German arawiz, from Proto-Germanic arwaits, from Proto-Germanic arwīts — pea.

Erbsenreis (German): rice and peas

Definitions

  1. rice and peas

Ancestry of “Erbsenreis”, step by step

Erbsenreis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erbse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErbsepea
2GermanErweiß—
3Middle High Germanarwīs—
4Old High Germanarawizpea
5Proto-Germanicarwaitspea
6Proto-Germanicarwītspea

via German Reis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReisrice; shoot; plural of Real
2Middle High Germanrīs—
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
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