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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspelte—
2Old Saxonspeltaspelt
3Proto-Germanicspiltazspelt

Words derived from “spelt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spiltaz →Every word from Old Saxon spelta →Every word from Middle Low German spelte →
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