hwæte
Middle English
Old English
Alternative forms
- hƿǣte
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”). Compare Old Saxon hueti (Low German Weten), Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Old Norse hveiti (Danish hvede, Norwegian hvete, Icelandic hveiti), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhwæːte/
Descendants
- Middle English: whete, whæte, qwhete, wheyte, whiett, hwete, wheete, hwæte, hweate, wete, ȝwete
- English: wheat
- Middle Scots: quhete, quhet, quheite, quheit, qwhete, qwhet, quheet, quehet, qwet, whet, quheyt, qwheit, qwheyt, quheitt, qweyte, wheit, vheit, quhiet, qwyet, quheate, quheat, quheatt, wheate, wheat, quhite, quhyte, quhyt, quhyit, quhit, whyte, whyt, vhyt, quhait, quhayt, qwhayt, what, fayte, quhitt, quhytt, whit[1]
References
- “quhete” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “white” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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