Where does “spelt” come from?
spelt (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German spelte, from Old Saxon spelta, from Proto-Germanic spiltaz — spelt.
Ancestry of “spelt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | spelte | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | spelta | spelt |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spiltaz | spelt |
Words derived from “spelt”