Where does “spelt” come from?

spelt (Cornish) comes from English spelt, from Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt, from Old Saxon spelta, from Proto-Germanic spiltaz — spelt.

spelt (Cornish): spelt

Definitions

  1. spelt

Ancestry of “spelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishspeltsimple past tense and past participle of spell; A...
2Middle Englishspelt—
3Old Englishspeltspelt, corn
4Old Saxonspeltaspelt
5Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt
Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltaz →Every word from Old Saxon spelta →Every word from Old English spelt →
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