Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kikerarwīt

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kikerā (“chickpea”) +‎ *arwīt (“pea”).

Noun

*kikerarwīt f

chickpea
Synonym: *kikerā

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kikerarwīt
Genitive	*kikerarwīti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kikerarwīt	*kikerarwīti
Accusative	*kikerarwītu	*kikerarwīti
Genitive	*kikerarwīti	*kikerarwītō
Dative	*kikerarwīti	*kikerarwītum
Instrumental	*kikerarwīti	*kikerarwītum

Alternative reconstructions

*kikerarwait

Descendants

Old Saxon: *kikereriwit
- Middle Low German: kichererwete
  - → Danish: kikært (calque)
  - → Swedish: kikärt (calque)
    - → Finnish: kikherne (calque)
Old Dutch: *kikererewit
- Middle Dutch: kēkererwete
  - Dutch: kikkererwt
Old High German: *kihhirarawīz
- Middle High German: *kichererbeiz
  - German: Kichererbse