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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.