white wheat 22 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Breton
Lexeme 1 gwenn
Lexeme 2 gwiniz
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Cornish
Lexeme 1 gwynn, gwydn
Lexeme 2 gwaneth
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Internal cognates
Language Danish
Lexeme 1 hvid
Lexeme 2 hvede
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Internal cognates
Language Dutch
Lexeme 1 wit
Lexeme 2 weit
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Internal cognates
Language English
Lexeme 1 white
Lexeme 2 wheat
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck Harper's Etymonline
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Internal cognates
Language Faroese
Lexeme 1 hvítur
Lexeme 2 hveiti
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Internal cognates
Language German
Lexeme 1 weiß
Lexeme 2 Weizen
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Internal cognates
Language Gothic
Lexeme 1 hweits
Lexeme 2 hwaiteis
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Internal cognates
Language Icelandic
Lexeme 1 hvítur
Lexeme 2 hveiti
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Berkov et al. 1962
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Internal cognates
Language Limburgish
Lexeme 1 wit
Lexeme 2 weit
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference De Limburgse Wiktionair
Comment

Mofers dialect

ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Internal cognates
Language Luxembourgish
Lexeme 1 wäiss
Lexeme 2 Weess
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference LOD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Internal cognates
Language Middle English
Lexeme 1 whit, hwit
Lexeme 2 whete
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Internal cognates
Language Middle High German
Lexeme 1 wīz
Lexeme 2 weizze
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Internal cognates
Language Norwegian
Lexeme 1 kvit
Lexeme 2 kveite
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Nynorsk

ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Internal cognates
Language Norwegian
Lexeme 1 hvit
Lexeme 2 hvete
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Bokmål

ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Internal cognates
Language Old English
Lexeme 1 hwæte
Lexeme 2 hwīt
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Old French
Lexeme fleuri
Meaning 1 white

La siet li reis ki dulce France tient.
Blanche ad la barbe e tut flurit le chef (La Chanson de Roland, VIII, 116-117)


là est assis le roi qui tient douce France. Sa barbe est blanche et tout fleuri son chef (trad. by Joseph Bédier); There sits the King, that holds Douce France in pow'r; White is his beard, and blossoming-white his crown (trad. by Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff)

Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Internal cognates
Language Old High German
Lexeme 1 wīz
Lexeme 2 weizzi, weize
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Internal cognates
Language Old Norse
Lexeme 1 hvítr
Lexeme 2 hveiti
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Internal cognates
Language Swedish
Lexeme 1 vit
Lexeme 2 vete
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Derivation
Language Welsh
Lexeme 1 gwynn
Lexeme 2 gwenith
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference Dictionary of synonims. Buck: 515
Comment

The second part from Welsh nithio, Breton niza 'winnow'.

Cf. Old Irish cruithnecht, Irish cruithneacht 'wheat', where the first part has been derived from cruth 'red'.

ACCEPTED Realization 22
Type Internal cognates
Language West Frisian
Lexeme 1 wyt
Lexeme 2 weet
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 wheat
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment