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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
arwīt
pea
2
Proto-Germanic
arwīts
pea
Words derived from “erwit”
erwete
erwt
errewete
erwtensoep
erwtenpeul
erwtenpeulboorder
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