𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃

From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (“wheat”). Cognate to Old English hwǣte and Old High German weizzi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɛː.tiːs/

𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (ƕaiteis) m

1. (hapax) a kind of corn, probably wheat (cereal grain)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 12.24:[1]

     𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃: 𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍉 𐌹𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸, 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐍉 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌽𐌹𐌸: 𐌹𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌹𐌸, 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌸.

     amēn amēn qiþa izwis: nibai kaurnō ƕaiteis gadriusandō in airþa gaswiltiþ, silbō ainata aflifniþ: iþ jabai gaswiltiþ, manag akran bairiþ.

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. (KJV).

This word translates Koine Greek σῖτος (sîtos), as does 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn), which is related to various Germanic words for "grain"; Lehmann (1986) accordingly glosses the latter as "grain, wheat". The word treated here seems to only be used for the plant, and 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn) only for its grains.

• 𐌰𐌷𐍃 (ahs, “ear”)
• 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “blade, herb”)
• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐍉 (kaurnō, “kernel”)

• 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk, “cornfields”)

• 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐍄𐍃 (ƕeits, “white”)

• 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (barizeins, “made of barley”)
• 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn, “corn”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “Ƕ4. ƕaiteis”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 197

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 74