Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. · A light brown color, like that of wheat. · Ellipsis of wheat bread
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
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- Inherited-form mentionwheteenm
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- Cognate mentionWetennds
- Cognate mentionWeizende
- Cognate mentionhvededa
- Cognate mentionvetesv
- Cognate mentionhvetenb
- Cognate mentionkveitenn
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