tarwe

Meaning

wheat (Triticum spp.)

Concepts

wheat

corn

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Synonyms

weit

graan

graankorrel

koren

spelt

tarwekorrel

Translations

Weizen

trigo

trigo

froment

blé

frumento

buğday

blat

grano

σιτάρι

triticum

blat

قمح

genim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɑr.ʋə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: tarwe

Inherited from Old Dutch: *tarwa

Cognate with Limburgish: terve

Cognate with West Flemish: terwe

Cognate with Zeelandic: tèrve

Cognate with Old Saxon: tarwa

Cognate with Middle Low German: tarwe

Cognate with Old English: *taru

Cognate with Lithuanian: dirvà

Cognate with Russian: дере́вня

Cognate with Ancient Greek: δάρατος

Cognate with Sanskrit: दूर्वा

Cognate with Welsh: drewg

Cognate with Transalpine Gaulish: dravoca

In summary

From Middle Dutch tarwe, from Old Dutch *tarwa, from Proto-West Germanic *taru, from Proto-Germanic *tarwō, from Proto-Indo-European *der(H)- (“to tear, crack”). Cognate with Limburgish terve, West Flemish terwe, Zealandic tèrve, Old Saxon tarwa, Middle Low German tarwe, German Low German Tarwe, Old English *taru.
More distantly related to Slovene trava ("grass"), Lithuanian dirvà (“field”), Russian дере́вня (derévnja, “village”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”), Sanskrit दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “panic grass, millet”), Welsh drewg (“darnel”), Transalpine Gaulish dravoca (“ryegrass, Lolium sp.”).