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English word wheat comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoytos, and later Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (White.)

*ḱwoytos (Proto-Indo-European)

*ḱweydos (Proto-Indo-European)

*hwītaz (Proto-Germanic)

White.

*hwaitijaz (Proto-Germanic)

Wheat.

hwæte (Old English)

Wheat.

hwǣte (Old English)

whete (Middle English)

wheat (English)

Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat. (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.. (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

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