Old English · noun
hwerhwette
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxwer.xwet.te/[ˈʍer.ʍet.te]
- Syllables
- ˈxwer · xwet · te (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- cucumber
Meaning
-
Cucumber.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hwerhwette | hwerhwettan |
| Accusative | hwerhwettan | hwerhwettan |
| Genitive | hwerhwettan | hwerhwettena |
| Dative | hwerhwettan | hwerhwettum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to Latin cucurbita and Sanskrit कर्कटी (karkaṭī) (whence Hindi ककड़ी (kakṛī)) in the sense of cucumber.
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