kweit-

kweit-
Also kweid-. White; to shine. Oldest form *k̑weit-, becoming *kweit- in centum languages.
1. Suffixed variant form *kweid-o-.
a. white; Whitsunday, from Old English hwīt, white;
b. witloof, from Middle Dutch wit, white;
c. whiting2, from Middle Dutch wijting, whiting;
d.
(i) edelweiss, from Old High German hwīz, wīz, white;
(ii) bismuth, from obsolete German Bismut, Wismut, perhaps obscurely related to Old High German wīz, white. a-d all from Germanic *hwītaz.
2. 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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