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Where does “erwit” come from?

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

Ancestry of “erwit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicarwītpea
2Proto-Germanicarwītspea

Words derived from “erwit”

  • erwt
  • erwtensoep
  • erwete
  • errewete
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