hwerhwette

Old English

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to Latin cucurbita and Sanskrit कर्कटी (karkaṭī), whence Hindi ककड़ी (kakṛī), all in the sense "cucumber".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwer.xwet.te/, [ˈʍer.ʍet.te]

Noun

hwerhwette f

1. cucumber

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	hwerhwette	hwerhwettan
accusative	hwerhwettan	hwerhwettan
genitive	hwerhwettan	hwerhwettena
dative	hwerhwettan	hwerhwettum

Synonyms

• cucumere