Where does “hwæte” come from?

hwæte (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

hwæte (Old English): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “hwæte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichwaitīwheat
2Proto-Germanichwaitijazwheat
3Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz →