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Where does “tarwe” come from?
tarwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tarwa, from Proto-Berber *ta-rŭg-a.
Ancestry of “tarwe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
tarwa
wheat
2
Proto-Berber
*ta-rŭg-a
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Words derived from “tarwe”
tarwe
biestarwe
biestarwegras
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