Where does “spelt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspeltspelt, corn
2Old Saxonspeltaspelt
3Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt

Words derived from “spelt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltaz →Every word from Old Saxon spelta →Every word from Old English spelt →