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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

wheat OE. hwǣte = OS. hwēti (Du. weit), OHG. weiz(z)i (G. weizen), ON. hveiti, Goth. hwaiteis :- Gmc. *χwaitjaz, f. var. of *χwīt- WHITE.
Hence wheaten (-EN2) OE. hwǣten.

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