Where does “Weet-Bix” come from?

Weet-Bix (English) comes from English biscuit, from English bisket, from Old French bescuit, from Old French bescuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin coco, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.

Weet-Bix (English): A breakfast cereal sold in Australia and New Zealand, consisting of biscuits of compressed wholegrain flakes

Definitions

  1. A breakfast cereal sold in Australia and New Zealand, consisting of biscuits of compressed wholegrain flakes

Ancestry of “Weet-Bix”, step by step

Weet-Bix traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English biscuit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiscuitA small, flat, baked good which is either hard...
2EnglishbisketObsolete spelling of biscuit
3Old Frenchbescuitbiscuit
4Old Frenchbescuire—
5Old Frenchcuireto cook
6Late Latincoco—
7Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
8EnglishCookA placename
9Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
10Middle High Germankochento cook
11Old High Germankohhōnto cook
12Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
13Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

via English wheat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwheatAny of several cereal grains, of the genus...
2Middle EnglishwheteWheat; The grain resulting from wheat; corn; The...
3Old Englishhwǣtewheat
4Proto-West Germanichwaitīwheat
5Proto-Germanichwaitijazwheat
6Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

via English BIX

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBIXan early online service
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti →