hveiti
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Noun[edit]
hveiti f (genitive singular hveiti, uncountable)
hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, uncountable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of hveiti (singular only) | ||
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f33s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hveiti | hveitin |
accusative | hveiti | hveitina |
dative | hveiti | hveitini |
genitive | hveiti | hveitinnar |
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hveiti n (genitive singular hveitis, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of hveiti
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz, from *hwītaz (“white”).
Compare Old English hwǣte (English wheat), Old Saxon hwēti (German Low German Weite, Weit), Dutch weit, Old High German hwaizi, weizi (German Weizen), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 (ƕaiteis).
Noun[edit]
hveiti n
Declension[edit]
Declension of hveiti (strong ija-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: hveiti
- Faroese: hveiti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kveite; (dialectal) kveiti, gveite, veite
- Old Swedish: hvēte
- Old Danish: hwetæ
References[edit]
- “hveiti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːtɪ
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