hveiti
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Noun
hveiti f (genitive singular hveiti, uncountable)
hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, uncountable)
- wheat (Triticum)
Declension
Declension of hveiti (singular only) | ||
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f33s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hveiti | hveitin |
accusative | hveiti | hveitina |
dative | hveiti | hveitini |
genitive | hveiti | hveitinnar |
n24s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hveiti | hveitið |
Accusative | hveiti | hveitið |
Dative | hveiti | hveit(i)num |
Genitive | hveitis | hveitisins |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, no plural)
Declension
declension of hveiti
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”). Compare Old English hwæte (English wheat), Old Saxon hueti (Low German Weten), Dutch weit, Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis).
Noun
hveiti n
- wheat (Triticum)
Declension
Declension of hveiti (strong ija-stem)
Descendants
- Icelandic: hveiti
- Faroese: hveiti
- Norwegian: hvete, kveite
- Old Swedish: hvēte
- Danish: hvede
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References
- “hveiti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Old Norse lemmas
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