hwæte

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Middle English

Noun

hwæte

Alternative form of whete

Old English

Alternative forms

hƿǣte — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”). Compare Old Saxon hueti (Low German Weten), Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Old Norse hveiti (Danish hvede, Norwegian hvete, Icelandic hveiti), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxwæː.te/, [ˈʍæː.te]

Noun

hwǣte m

wheat

Descendants

Middle English: whete, ȝwete, huete, weete, wete, wheete, whet, whette, wheyte, wheytt, whiett, whyte; quete, quheyt, qwet, qwhete (Northern); hwæte, hweate, hwete, whæte (Early Middle English)
- English: wheat
- Middle Scots: quhete^[1]
  - Scots: white, wheat, wheyt^[2]
- Yola: whet

References

^ “quhete” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
^ “white” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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