bókhveiti

Icelandic

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Ultimately from Middle Low German bokwete, but through what intermediate language(s)?”

Noun

bókhveiti n (genitive singular bókhveitis, no plural)

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

Declension

declension of bókhveiti

	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular
nominative	bókhveiti	bókhveitið
accusative	bókhveiti	bókhveitið
dative	bókhveiti	bókhveitinu
genitive	bókhveitis	bókhveitisins

Synonyms

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