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)
Synonym: bæki

Declension

Declension of bókhveiti (sg-only neuter, based on hveiti)

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