bokwete

Middle Low German

Etymology

böke (“beech”) +‎ wête (“wheat”).

Noun

bôkwete m

buckwheat

Descendants

→ Danish: boghvede (calque)
- → Icelandic: bókhveiti
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bokhvete
- → Swedish: bovete
→ German: Buchweizen (calque)
→ Middle Dutch: boecweite (calque)
- Dutch: boekweit
  - Afrikaans: bokwiet
- → English: buckwheat (calque)

References

Dr. Karl Schiller and Dr. August Lübben, 1875, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch volume 1

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