boecweit

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Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of Middle Low German bôkwete (literally beech wheat) (so called because of its triangular seeds, which resemble the much larger seeds of the beech nut from the beech tree, and the fact that it is used like wheat)

Noun

boecweit m

  1. buckwheat

Descendants

  • Dutch: boekweit
    • Afrikaans: bokwiet
    • Jersey Dutch: bukwāit
  • English: buckwheat