Proto-Indo-European

*ḱweytōr

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr, most familiar first.

• wheat ← whete ← hwǣte ← *hwaitī ← *hwaitijaz
• whiteness ← whitenesse ← hwītnes ← hwīt ← *hwīt
• wheaten ← wheten ← hwǣten ← hwǣte ← *hwaitī

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytōr