Where does “spelt” come from?

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

spelt (Old English): spelt, corn

Definitions

  1. spelt, corn

Ancestry of “spelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonspeltaspelt
2Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt

Words derived from “spelt”

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