Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hwaitijaz”

100 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz — including wheat, Wheatley, Wheatland, Wheaties, wheatgrass, wheatfield, wheatless, wheatsheaf.

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English (27)

Dutch (22)

German (9)

Swedish (6)

Danish (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Icelandic (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Yiddish (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old English (2)

Old Dutch (2)

West Frisian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old High German (1)

Faroese (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Chuukese (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Bavarian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)