wheat的词源

英文词源

wheat

wheat: [OE] Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic *khvaitjaz (source also of German weizen, Dutch weit, Swedish hvete, and Danish hvede), which was derived from a variant of the base *khwīt-, source of English white. It alludes to the ‘white’ flour produced by grinding the grain.
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wheat (n.)

Old English hwæte "wheat," from Proto-Germanic *hwaitjaz (cognates: Old Saxon hweti, Old Norse hveiti, Norwegian kveite, Old Frisian hwete, Middle Dutch, Dutch weit, Old High German weizzi, German Weizen, Gothic hvaiteis "wheat"), literally "that which is white" (in reference to the grain or the meal), from PIE *kwoid-yo-, suffixed variant form of root *kweid-, *kweit- "to shine" (see white; and compare Welsh gwenith "wheat," related to gwenn "white"). The Old World grain was introduced into New Spain in 1528. Wheaties, the cereal brand name, was patented 1925.

中文词源

wheat：小麦

来自PIE*kweit,照耀，白色，词源同white。用来指小麦。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：wheat 词源，wheat 含义。

wheat：小麦；小麦色

成熟的小麦是小麦色，可是磨成粉之后小麦粉是白色的，所以词源角度，wheat和white同根，wheat=that which is white。而与white相反的black，实际与阿尔卑斯山脉的Mont Blanc即勃朗峰（the white mountain）中的blanc同源。火焰正旺时是白热，燃烧后的灰烬确是黑色的。

wheat：小麦

来自 PIE*kweit,照耀，白色，词源同 white.用来指小麦。