Where does “אַרבעס” come from?

אַרבעס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German erbeiȥ, from Old High German arawīz, from Proto-West Germanic arwīt, from Proto-Germanic arwīts — pea.

אַרבעס (Yiddish): pea, chickpea

Definitions

  1. pea, chickpea

Ancestry of “אַרבעס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanerbeiȥ—
2Old High Germanarawīzpea
3Proto-West Germanicarwītpea
4Proto-Germanicarwītspea

Words derived from “אַרבעס”

Every word from Proto-Germanic arwīts →Every word from Proto-West Germanic arwīt →Every word from Old High German arawīz →