Where does “erewit” come from?

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

Ancestry of “erewit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicarwītpea
2Proto-Germanicarwītspea
Every word from Proto-Germanic arwīts →Every word from Proto-West Germanic arwīt →