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Where does “erwete” come from?

erwete (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch erwit, from Proto-West Germanic arwīt, from Proto-Germanic arwīts — pea.

erwete (Middle Dutch): pea

Definitions

  1. pea

Ancestry of “erwete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutcherwit—
2Proto-West Germanicarwītpea
3Proto-Germanicarwītspea

Words derived from “erwete”

  • erwt
  • erwtensoep
  • errewete
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