wheat
English
/wiːt/, /ʍiːt/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whete inherited from Old English hwǣte (wheat) inherited from *hwaitī inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwaitijaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wheatland English
- Wheatley English
- back English
- belt English
- berry English
- bird English
- board English
- bread English
- cow English
- cow-wheat English
- ear English
- field English
- flake English
- flour English
- grass English
- land English
- meal English
- nonwheat English
- not English
- notwheat English
- rick English
- sheaf English
- stack English
- stalk English
- wheat bread English
- wheat flour English
- wheatback English
- wheatbelt English
- wheatberry English
- wheatbird English
- wheatboard English
- wheatear English
- wheaten English
- wheatfield English
- wheatflake English
- wheatgrass English
- wheatings English
- wheatish English
- wheatland English
- wheatless English
- wheatlessness English
- wheatlike English
- wheatmeal English
- wheatrick English
- wheatsheaf English
- wheatstack English
- wheatstalk English
- wheatworm English
- wheaty English
- white English
- worm English
- Buchweizen German
- Hartweizen German
- Hefeweizen German
- Weizen German
- Weizenbier German
- Weizenbrot German
- Weizenfeld German
- Weizenkeimöl German
- Weizenkorn German
- Weizenmischbrot German
- Weizenstärke German
- Winterweizen German
- boekweit Dutch, Flemish
- weit Dutch, Flemish
- hvete Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwaitijaz Proto-Germanic
- samvete Swedish
- vete Swedish
- vetegluten Swedish
- vetemjöl Swedish
- vetestärkelse Swedish
- kveite Norwegian Nynorsk
- kveitemjøl Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwæte Old English
- hwǣte Old English
- weth-floure Middle English
- whete Middle English
- whete bred Middle English
- wheten Middle English
- whit ers Middle English
- hveiti Old Norse
- hvede Danish
- hvedebrød Danish
- hvedemel Danish
- hveiti Icelandic
- hveitikím Icelandic
- weit Middle Dutch
- weizi Old High German
- hveiti Faroese
- weize Middle High German
- Weess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *hwaitī gmw-pro
- *weit Old Dutch
- bòotze Cimbrian
- wait Westrobothnian
- weet Western Frisian
- hwēte Old Frisian
- wēt Old Frisian
- wit Tok Pisin
- wiit Chuukese
- ear
- not
- cow
- meal
- worm
- bird
- belt
- back
- land
- rick
- grass
- field
- sheaf
- stalk
- flake
- stack
- white
- bread
- flour
- berry
- board
- wheaty
- wheaten
- wheatear
- notwheat
- Wheatley
- wheatish
- nonwheat
- wheatings
- Wheatland
- wheatmeal
- wheatland
- wheatbird
- wheatless
- wheatworm
- wheatback
- wheatbelt
- wheatrick
- wheatlike
- cow-wheat
- wheatstalk
- wheatgrass
- wheatflake
- wheatfield
- wheatstack
- wheatsheaf
- wheatberry
- wheatboard
- wheat bread
- wheat flour
- wheatlessness