Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arwīts
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly a substrate term related to Latin ervum (“bitter-vetch”), Ancient Greek ὄροβος (órobos, “bitter-vetch”), ἐρέβινθος (erébinthos, “chickpea”) and to Middle Armenian առուոյտ (aṙuoyt, “alfalfa”).
Noun
*arwīts f[1]
Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *arwīts (consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *arwīts | *arwītiz | |
vocative | *arwīt | *arwītiz | |
accusative | *arwītų | *arwītunz | |
genitive | *arwītiz | *arwītǫ̂ | |
dative | *arwīti | *arwītumaz | |
instrumental | *arwītē | *arwītumiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *arwīt, *arwait
- Old Norse: ertr (pl.) (likely borrowed from Low German)
- Danish: ært
- Elfdalian: ert
- Faroese: ertur
- Icelandic: erta
- Norwegian Bokmål: ert
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ert
- Old Swedish: ært
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