英语词汇“Indo-European root: kweit-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: kweit-

释义

‌‌kweit-
Also kweid-.
White; to shine. Oldest form *k̑weit‑, becoming *kweit‑ in centum languages.

Suffixed variant form *kweid-o‑.
1. white; Whitsunday, from Old English hwīt, white;
2. witloof, from Middle Dutch wit, white;
3. whiting², from Middle Dutch wijting, whiting;
4. 1. edelweiss, from Old High German hwīz, wīz, white;
  2. bismuth, from obsolete German Bismuth, Wismuth, perhaps obscurely related to Old High German wīz, white. a-d all from Germanic *hwītaz.
Suffixed o-grade variant form *kwoid-yo‑. wheat, from Old English hwǣte, wheat (from the fine white flour it yields), from Germanic *hwaitjaz.

[Pokorny 3. k̑u̯ei‑ 628.]

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