Middle Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

boecweit m

  1. buckwheat

Descendants edit

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