Where does “hveiti” come from?

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

hveiti (Old Norse): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “hveiti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hveiti”

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