hveiti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Noun

hveiti f (genitive singular hveiti, uncountable)

hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, uncountable)

  1. wheat (Triticum)

Declension

Declension of hveiti (singular only)
f33s singular
indefinite definite
nominative hveiti hveitin
accusative hveiti hveitina
dative hveiti hveitini
genitive hveiti hveitinnar
n24s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative hveiti hveitið
Accusative hveiti hveitið
Dative hveiti hveit(i)num
Genitive hveitis hveitisins

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰveiːtɪ]
  • IPA(key): [ˈxʷeiːtɪ]
    Rhymes: -eiːtɪ

Noun

hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, no plural)

  1. wheat (Triticum)
  2. wheat flour

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”). Compare Old English hwæte (English wheat), Old Saxon hueti (Low German Weten), Dutch weit, Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hwaiteis).

Noun

hveiti n

  1. wheat (Triticum)

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: hvede c (dialectally also n, in older Danish n or f)
  • Faroese: hveiti f or n
  • Iceland: hveiti n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvete m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kveite m
  • Swedish: vete n or c

References

  • hveiti in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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