Where does “ווייץ” come from?

ווייץ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German weize, from Old High German weizi, from Proto-West Germanic hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic hwaitijaz, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

ווייץ (Yiddish): wheat

Definitions

  1. wheat

Ancestry of “ווייץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanweize—
2Old High Germanweiziwheat
3Proto-West Germanichwaitīwheat
4Proto-Germanichwaitijazwheat
5Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “ווייץ”

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