Where does “hwætæ” come from?

hwætæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

Ancestry of “hwætæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehveitiwheat
2Proto-Germanichwaitijazwheat
3Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “hwætæ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz →
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