wheten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wheton, hwæten, whettyne, whetyn, huetene, ȝweten

Etymology

From Old English hwǣten; equivalent to whete +‎ -en (“made of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwɛːtən/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛːtən/, /ˈxwɛːtən/

Adjective

wheten

1. wheaten (composed of or made out of wheat)
2. wheaten (related to or about wheat)

Descendants

• English: wheaten

References

• “whēten, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.