English
Wheat
Wheat may come from Old English hwettan ‘to encourage, embolden, sharpen’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hwettan‘to encourage, embolden, sharpen’uncertain
- EnglishtodayWheat
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hwettan‘to encourage, embolden, sharpen’uncertain
- EnglishtodayWheat
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- ‘sharp’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hwettan / Wheat