Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse ertr f pl, from Old Saxon eriwit, erit.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛːrt/, [æɐ̯ˀd̥]

Noun edit

ært c (singular definite ærten, plural indefinite ærter)

  1. pea (a plant), Pisum sativum
  2. pea (the edible seed of this plant)

Inflection edit

Further reading edit

Old Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Saxon erit,[1] eriwit, from Proto-Germanic *arwits, *arwīts.

Noun edit

ært f

  1. pea (a plant)
  2. pea (the edible seed of this plant)

Descendants edit

  • Swedish: ärt, ärta

References edit

  1. ^ ärt in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)