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Where does “speltti” come from?

speltti (Finnish) comes from Swedish spelt, from Middle Low German spelte, from Old Saxon spelta, from Proto-Germanic spiltaz — spelt.

speltti (Finnish): spelt

Definitions

  1. spelt

Ancestry of “speltti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspelt—
2Middle Low Germanspelte—
3Old Saxonspeltaspelt
4Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt

Words derived from “speltti”

  • spelttivehnä
Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltaz →